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On the recordJuly 28, 2014
I thank the distinguished gentleman for those observations. Under the House majority, the agenda has constituted the following: delay, destroy, defund, and delegitimize. We just want to tackle issues relevant to the American people. Let's tackle the fact that America needs a raise. Let's tackle equal pay for equal work. Let's tackle infrastructure funding. Let's tackle our broken immigration system. Let's tackle the fact that we have got a gun violence problem in America. Let's address the fact that the Supreme Court invalidated portions of section 5 of the historic Voting Rights Act. Let's stop the political gamesmanship. In the remaining time that we have, let me yield to a championed distinguished member of the Homeland Security Committee, as well as the Judiciary Committee, the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
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Jul 28, 2014

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