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Gregory Meeks

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Gregory Weldon Meeks is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 5th congressional district since 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, Meeks has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for oversight and accountability in government, often speaking out on matters related to national security and foreign policy. Meeks has played a significant role in various legislative initiatives and has been involved in discussions regarding the War Powers and congressional oversight.

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May 22, 2018

I believe that you do. That's why I am taking you at your word.

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Apr 25, 2018

There are Christians that commit more crime in America than anyone else.

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Apr 25, 2018

I believe in vetting everyone, not just because of their religious beliefs.

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Apr 25, 2018

I don't want the record to indicate that Gregory Meeks stood by and just allowed the kind of questioning and the statements that were just made to go without hearing my strong opposition to those statements.

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Apr 25, 2018

Every country has had that history, Western or non-Western.

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Apr 25, 2018

To go after some other country who has a new democracy, basically an infant, and try to compare it to the democracy of the United States, which still needs a lot of work, to me is like comparing apples to oranges.

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Apr 25, 2018

Because even in the United States, the Ku Klux Klan identify themselves as Christians and they believe in the Bible.

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Apr 25, 2018

I know of a group that still exists in America that was responsible for a whole lot of deaths. They are called lynchings. They are called the Ku Klux Klan.

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Apr 17, 2018

I don't know about the policies but the President has said something else other than what you have said that he's willing to pull out.

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Apr 17, 2018

The JCPOA, for the limited purpose of which it was agreed upon, is working--that--and so they have extreme concerns about us moving out.

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Apr 17, 2018

Whatever our disagreement is it will not be in the best interest of the United States if we don't have a strong EU.

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Apr 17, 2018

The brave people, all constituent peoples, understand what risk there is to this political game of chicken.

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Apr 17, 2018

Thank you, Chairman Rohrabacher, for calling this hearing and continuing to focus our subcommittee's attentions on the Balkans.

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Apr 17, 2018

We must honestly rethink the strictures of the Accords and how an immediate fix can lead to better governance in the region.

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Apr 10, 2018

I am always concerned about diversity and that there's diversity in lending and everybody has an opportunity.

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Mar 20, 2018

The continued commitment from USAID in regards to Power Africa is extremely important.

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Mar 14, 2018

I rise this morning because the camera of history is rolling. It is rolling and it is recording. It is recording the fact that the NRA continues to distort the meaning of the Second Amendment, that the NRA continues to incite its members…

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Mar 14, 2018

For decades, the United States has issued a formal open investment policy statement clearly articulating that it is open for foreign direct investment and recognizes the contributions that these investments bring.

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Mar 14, 2018

My concern just is that I was thinking if there are enough controls currently to prevent CFIUS from misusing its authority to thwart transactions for reasons that may be loosely associated with national security so for other reasons, and…

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Feb 26, 2018

43 percent of corporate tax savings will go to buybacks and dividends, which enriches just the top 1 percent.

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Feb 26, 2018

If you are even thinking about stripping out practice and patterns of discrimination, you are thereby gutting the reason Congress did CRA in the first place.

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Feb 26, 2018

I believe that in looking at CRA you should take into consideration one's practice and pattern of racial discrimination.

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Feb 13, 2018

We should not terminate and/or eliminate something because you have a few that are not doing what we want them to do.

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Feb 13, 2018

I am a firm believer in multilateral organizations--the U.N. being an example, the OAS being that.

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Feb 5, 2018

So the experience that you came in was nowhere near the experience that the Obama Administration had to deal with when they came in office. Is that not correct?

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