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Josh Gottheimer

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Josh Gottheimer is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as bipartisan cooperation, economic growth, and public safety. Gottheimer has been an advocate for various initiatives, including infrastructure improvements and healthcare access. He has also emphasized the importance of addressing the needs of his constituents in New Jersey.

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Feb 5, 2024

I have sent you a letter, which I will make sure you get a copy of, urging Treasury to coordinate with the Department of Justice and Department of Education to investigate these American colleges and determine whether any of the foreign…

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Feb 5, 2024

I am concerned that Treasury hasn't enforced Iran oil sanctions, especially sanctions targeting China.

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Dec 12, 2023

Israel and Ukraine may be 2,000 miles apart, but the evils they face are connected. Hamas and Putin have waged unprovoked wars on neighboring democracies, murdering thousands of civilians and kidnapping innocent people, including children…

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Dec 7, 2023

As a country, we need to make sure we stand up to hate in all its forms. A lot of it is about education and teaching.

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Dec 7, 2023

The government should not encourage environments that literally put students in fear, again, regardless of background and, I mean, if it's antisemitism, islamophobia, none of this should be accepted.

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Dec 7, 2023

I certainly think the three of them should step aside. Imagine being a parent of a student on that campus who, you know -- and I don't ever want any student -- I don't care if you're Jewish, if you're Muslim. I don't want anyone to be…

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Dec 7, 2023

I mean, I literally had to watch it multiple times because my jaw was on the ground. I couldn't believe they were actually saying that calling for the genocide of Jews did not violate their code of conduct and trigger bullying and…

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Nov 30, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1, line 10, strike ``130 people'' and insert ``at least 230 people''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

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Nov 30, 2023

I thank Ms. Wasserman Schultz for this Special Order. I rise tonight, Mr. Speaker, because, on October 7, Hamas terrorists attacked Israel and abducted more than 230 people, including many Americans. Hamas brutally murdered, raped, burned…

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Nov 28, 2023

We are talking about charging nurses, cops and firefighters, labor, restaurant workers, and other hardworking families $23-a-day just to drive into New York City.

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Nov 28, 2023

Yes. I would really like to follow up with you on that as well.

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Nov 28, 2023

It is critical we classify, in my opinion, and govern these products appropriately.

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Nov 28, 2023

Are you concerned at all that these banks will be making money off of gouging middle-class Americans with exorbitant tolls from their new congestion tax?

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Nov 15, 2023

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 659, ``no'' on rollcall No. 660, ``no'' on rollcall No. 661, ``no'' on rollcall No. 662, ``no'' on rollcall No. 663, ``no'' on rollcall No…

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Nov 9, 2023

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 641 and ``no'' on rollcall No. 642. The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendment, under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the…

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Nov 6, 2023

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 599 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 600. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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Oct 18, 2023

The actions of Hamas, particularly the reprehensible attack on October 7, are beyond justification.

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Oct 18, 2023

All countries around the world should join the U.S. in demanding Hamas immediately release all of the hostages currently held in Gaza.

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Oct 18, 2023

Hamas terrorists are not militants, they are not freedom fighters, they are not a civil resistance movement, they are a brutal foreign terrorist organization.

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Oct 18, 2023

I urge my colleagues to support this common-sense amendment that takes the humanitarian exemption back to Mr. Mast's own original draft.

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Oct 18, 2023

Hamas bears responsibility for their pain as well.

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Sep 28, 2023

I was mistaken in my vote on rollcall No. 472. I intended to vote ``aye'' on rollcall Vote. No. 472.

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Sep 26, 2023

Part of my concern is... you have issued 50 separate rules, and there are another 14 new rules on your most recent unified agenda.

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Sep 26, 2023

Are you worried that all these rules are putting small and mid-sized businesses at a disadvantage and inadvertently benefiting the larger ones?

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Jul 27, 2023

I missed the following vote, but had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 379. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays were ordered…

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