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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.

Jul 11, 2018

The situation in Nicaragua is dire. And I appreciate the President and the administration's actions in designating certain individuals in Nicaragua complicit in violence against civilians under the Global Magnitsky Act.

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Jul 10, 2018

I think it is important, when we think about helping these countries get back on their feet, to make sure that we have an organization that is trying to root out corruption and really restore the rule of law.

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Jul 10, 2018

Many Americans and many around the world have been shocked by the Trump administration's use of family separation.

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Jun 27, 2018

I do want to raise a concern with H.R. 1697, which is that I basically think that the bill is written a bit too vague and it is too broad.

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Jun 19, 2018

Absolutely. In fact, when we went into the second center, we asked them: ``Well, who is held here?'' And the administrator said: ``Children between zero and 12 years, and the youngest one we have right now is 8 months.''

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Jun 19, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Garamendi for his passion and his profound words on this very difficult subject, not only for Members of the United States Congress, but also for many Americans across the country. I had an opportunity…

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Jun 19, 2018

Yes, we went into the shelter, and we visited two of them. At one of them, there were about four or five infants. They had something called an infants room. At least two of those infants--one of them 8 months named Roger, the other one a…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-19
Jun 13, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Correa for yielding. I think as Americans learned, mostly over the last few weeks, that young children were being separated from their mothers and fathers at the U.S.-Mexico border, and now have heard that…

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May 22, 2018

Will you leave them with a civilian nuclear program?

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May 22, 2018

I think the facts have borne that out from that first midnight run. There's basically been information that's been shared and President Trump, I think, is using people in the legislative branch, including Devin Nunes, to do his dirty work.

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