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Joaquin Castro

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Joaquin Castro is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 20th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as immigration reform, healthcare, and education. Castro has been an advocate for policies that support the Latino community and has worked to address economic disparities in his district. He is known for his vocal opposition to certain policies of the Trump administration, particularly regarding foreign aid and disaster response.

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Sep 28, 2020

The way that it was handled was very much what we would see in other countries with authoritarian rulers or nations that do not exactly follow the rule of law.

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Sep 23, 2020

I never saw a Latino or Latina portrayed as a member of Congress, which I am so privileged to be today.

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Sep 23, 2020

There really should be absolutely no question that we have seen an increase in racism in our country.

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Sep 23, 2020

When the person with the biggest bully pulpit and the loudest voice... portrays black and brown people in the most negative light, it matters.

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Sep 23, 2020

The pace is absolutely unacceptable. When we look back over more than a decade at the data... Latino representation is still limited.

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Sep 22, 2020

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am prepared to close. Madam Speaker, I thank my good friend, Brian Fitzpatrick, for his work in the FBI. I thought it was very…

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Sep 22, 2020

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho).

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Sep 22, 2020

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, in 2002, I formed the Internet Crimes Against Children unit in the attorney general's office…

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Sep 22, 2020

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Wagner), an esteemed member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the vice chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and…

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Sep 22, 2020

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick), the coauthor of the bill. An esteemed member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the gentleman, again…

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Sep 22, 2020

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. The thing I really enjoy about the Foreign Affairs Committee, as I know the Speaker would agree with me, is that it is bipartisan. I would…

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Sep 22, 2020

For the purposes of closing. Madam Speaker, this is a matter of whether the United States, as it has for generations, will remain a north star around the world when it comes to things like freedom, human rights, democracy, and rooting out…

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