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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.

May 15, 2019

I would hope that we would do something to help them export to the United States and export to other countries.

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May 15, 2019

If our development is truly about having countries get up on their own feet, you have also got to help their own economic infrastructure.

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May 8, 2019

Well, it is clear that they are setting themself, themselves up in certain places to be able to collect data and keep that data and use it.

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May 8, 2019

Well, it can become very tempting for governments when they have the capacity to surveil to actually engage in that deep surveillance.

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Apr 9, 2019

I would just hope that you all would really think about what your Department can do to be helpful to students.

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Apr 9, 2019

Thank you, Chairman. Secretary DeVos, thank you for your testimony. You know, over the last many years, we have had very heated debates and important debates about things like teacher pay, many of us believed they deserve a raise.

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Apr 8, 2019

To those individuals, we see you. We affirm you. And we are here to fight alongside you.

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Apr 8, 2019

In Texas, we have seen a backlash, especially among some of our politicians, against movements toward equality.

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Apr 8, 2019

We cannot let fear impede progress. The American story is one of expanding equality for marginalized people.

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Apr 2, 2019

What new approaches--and I guess let me also preface that by saying when I was in Texas I was vice chair of the higher education committee for 4 years and I saw, Mr. Ortega, that you worked in Texas for some time.

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Apr 2, 2019

Well, because often folks that will go to the for-profit institutions are left with a lot of debt, and sometimes they can't find jobs either.

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