Political Quotes

Jamie Raskin

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Jamie Raskin is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Raskin has been an advocate for various progressive policies, including healthcare reform and civil rights. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump, where he served as a lead impeachment manager during the Senate trial in early 2020.

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Sep 10, 2019

You're sending this to them in a change of policy which clearly indicates that they're going to be removed or have a very heavy likelihood of being removed from the country.

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Sep 10, 2019

Well, I'm afraid to say this is the perfect Trump administration public policy. We don't know where it comes from.

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Sep 10, 2019

Can you tell us the role that anyone at the White House, including Stephen Miller, the architect of immigration policy at the White House, played in this decision?

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Sep 10, 2019

Can you tell us what role Ken Cuccinelli, the Acting Director of USCIS, played in this decision?

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Sep 10, 2019

I'm baffled. I've never seen a situation like this before.

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Sep 10, 2019

No. We determine how the testimony will go, not you.

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Sep 10, 2019

We're seeing a little bit of a different America on display right now in this discussion of the chaotic and inscrutable rollout of this policy.

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Sep 10, 2019

We are going to be zealous and diligent as the Oversight Committee in making sure that people in this situation have their rights and their interests considered consistent with the values of the American people.

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Sep 10, 2019

This really is a moral crisis in the country.

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Sep 10, 2019

It's our job to take into account people's real-life situations.

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Sep 10, 2019

The United States of America is a big country. It's a great country, and it has got a big heart.

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Sep 9, 2019

It is 2019, and if these chemicals are killing people, let's stop using them and let's get them out of our environment.

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Sep 9, 2019

A company is tied to its past, morally responsible for its past, and must answer for its past.

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Sep 9, 2019

I'm a compassionate capitalist. I don't think for one second that I won't hold these companies accountable when they screw up.

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Sep 9, 2019

I hope everyone watching here today will go and read more about this issue, learn more about the extent of what has been happening over the past several decades, because what these companies have done is deeply immoral and shameful, and…

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Sep 9, 2019

If a State engages in a deliberate effort to suppress voting rights... what happens?

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Sep 9, 2019

I hope we can come together and pass something.

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Jul 25, 2019

We have a responsibility to make sure we give life to your hope.

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Jul 25, 2019

You being here today, all of you, you're giving other people hope.

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Jul 25, 2019

Your pain is our pain. Your dreams are our dreams. Your hopes are our hopes.

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Jul 25, 2019

I'm the proud Representative not only of you, Mr. Mitchell, but of the NIH which invests billions of dollars in scientific and medical research to fight the killer diseases that our population is struggling with.

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Jul 25, 2019

This is a crime, too. This is corruption. This is a nationwide scandal.

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Jul 25, 2019

If they can make profit by paying off generic competitors to stay out of the market, and thereby keep prices inflated, they'll do it.

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Jul 25, 2019

It's not socialists who are jacking up the prices to make prescription drugs unaffordable for millions of Americans.

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