“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

Political Quotes

Nita Lowey

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Nita M. Lowey was a prominent Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative for New York's 17th congressional district from 1999 until 2021. She was the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, a position she held from 2019 to 2021, where she played a crucial role in shaping federal budgetary decisions and funding allocations. Throughout her tenure, Lowey was known for her advocacy on issues such as healthcare, education, and women's rights, and she worked to secure funding for various programs benefiting her constituents and communities across the nation.

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Apr 4, 2017

Since 1999 sales of opiates in the United States have quadrupled. I am so concerned about this increase...

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Apr 4, 2017

These cuts would decimate biomedical research and the economy.

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Apr 4, 2017

I think the real concern is that the EEOC responds to complaints that are made and the OFCCP proactively audits companies to make sure that they are complying with discrimination.

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Apr 4, 2017

But your budget cuts the core workforce development programs by a staggering 40 percent.

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Apr 4, 2017

This isn't about parents making choices. This is about use of Federal dollars.

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Apr 4, 2017

I am extremely disappointed that your budget proposes to take funding from public education and transfer it to private schools.

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Apr 4, 2017

It would siphon money from public schools to pay for private school vouchers, eliminate more than 22 education investments, including teacher training and after school programs, leaving 1.6 million children without a safe enrichment…

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Apr 4, 2017

I am very upset with the 24 percent cut requested by the Trump administration, because it will result in more human suffering and more lives lost that could have been saved.

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Apr 4, 2017

We are choosing to hamper our progress as a Nation, we are choosing to ravage our medical community.

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Apr 4, 2017

The administration's budget proposal would also completely eliminate the Fogarty International Center.

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Apr 4, 2017

I do hope that you and your staff are really focusing on programs such as the apprenticeship program, which has been so invaluable, and not accept any proposed cuts in that program.

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Apr 4, 2017

I think it is important to broaden apprenticeships far beyond the building trades to many other areas and professions.

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