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John Sarbanes

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John Peter Spyros Sarbanes is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Sarbanes has focused on issues such as campaign finance reform, healthcare, and education during his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for transparency in government and has worked to strengthen the Voting Rights Act.

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Apr 25, 2023

As the Inflation Reduction Act reforms continue to be implemented over the coming years, we must continue to build on this success.

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Apr 18, 2023

I look forward to continuing to work on the Physician Reentry Initiative.

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Apr 18, 2023

I do also want to commend my colleague, Representative Blunt Rochester, for the work that she has been doing.

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Mar 29, 2023

I thank the chairman for yielding and recognizing me. Madam Chair, I rise in strong opposition to the Republicans' energy bill. I have deep concerns about this package overall in terms of its attack on our bedrock environmental laws. As a…

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Mar 29, 2023

This is an important function that our committee plays. We take it seriously.

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Mar 28, 2023

Thank you very much. And I appreciate you talking about the data, the importance of collecting information on where the shortages are.

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Mar 28, 2023

A strong, well-trained workforce is critical to ensuring a high-quality healthcare delivery system.

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Mar 28, 2023

Congressman Blunt Rochester and I again have led a letter this year to the House Appropriations Committee requesting $11 million for the National Center on Health Workforce Analysis.

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Mar 22, 2023

If you concluded that putting some reasonable limits in place and trying to find a way to enforce them would lead some percentage of your users to leave TikTok and go somewhere else, is that something that you are prepared to accept?

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Mar 22, 2023

The more time that middle and high schoolers spend on social media, the evidence is, the more likely they are to experience depression and anxiety.

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Mar 22, 2023

TikTok itself has acknowledged that these features and others, like the endless scroll feature, can have an outsized effect on teens.

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Mar 22, 2023

Let me go back to the 60-minute limit, because my understanding is that teens can pretty easily bypass the notification to continue using the app if they want to.

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Mar 22, 2023

Are you looking at ways to redesign core features like the ones I mentioned to be less manipulative--excuse me--and addictive for users, and can you commit to making some of those modifications here today?

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Mar 1, 2023

Due to testing positive for COVID-19 and following recommended isolation protocols, I was unable to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 125, ``aye'' on rollcall No. 126, ``aye'' on rollcall No. 127, ``aye''…

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Feb 28, 2023

Due to testing positive for COVID-19 and following recommended isolation protocols, I was unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall no. 122, ``nay'' on rollcall no. 123, and ``nay'' on rollcall no…

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Feb 27, 2023

Due to testing positive for COVID-19 and following recommended isolation protocols, I was unable to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 120 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 121. ____________________

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Feb 6, 2023

Arguably, if you look historically, when we have leaned in with more--a more of an enlightened perspective on what we need to do with the environment, not only has that not compromised our economy, it ends up driving new economies that…

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Feb 6, 2023

Unfortunately, again, our colleagues here seem unwilling to commit to a more sustainable future.

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Feb 6, 2023

They are really unleashing more profit-making by the big oil companies, and doing that at the expense of the American people.

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Jan 31, 2023

We have to keep building on the success.

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Jan 31, 2023

I want to thank your agencies for their work to combat the mental health and behavioral health crises that we see.

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Jan 31, 2023

Governor Moore... has deemed addressing health issues as a core priority of his administration.

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Jan 31, 2023

I want to thank all of you for your testimony today.

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Jan 31, 2023

Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman. And congratulations on taking up the leadership of this subcommittee.

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Jan 31, 2023

We know that there is an intersection of those crises with the addiction crisis across this country.

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