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Veronica Escobar

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Veronica Escobar is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as immigration reform and social justice throughout her tenure. Escobar has been vocal about the need for comprehensive immigration reform, highlighting the challenges posed by the current system. She has emphasized the importance of finding common-sense solutions to these longstanding issues.

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Dec 10, 2019

In moments of great tragedy Americans have always found a way to come together and to be unified, not as Republicans, not as Democrats, but as Americans.

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Dec 10, 2019

I think what is equally distressing to me is to hear that a NATO ally was about to run roughshod over American troops.

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Dec 10, 2019

That is distressing to me as an American.

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Dec 10, 2019

I think this is an important point to me. Not even as a Member of Congress, but as an American, to know that we have troops that have been working side by side with allies.

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Dec 8, 2019

It doesn't matter when they knew, as long as they knew at some point.

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Dec 8, 2019

The aid was withheld and that there has been no logical explanation for the withholding of that aid?

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Dec 8, 2019

President Trump knew he had leverage over President Zelensky.

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Dec 8, 2019

Isn't it true that the aid was withheld and that there has been no logical explanation for the withholding of that aid?

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Dec 8, 2019

The President and his allies say that there was no quid pro quo.

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Dec 8, 2019

Those findings reflect a serious abuse of power by the President.

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Dec 8, 2019

Despite what our Republican colleagues have stated over and over again, their own witness, Mr. Castor, has agreed that these investigations have indeed produced direct evidence--direct evidence which any objective observer, in my opinion…

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Dec 4, 2019

I am very grateful for your strength and your courage.

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Dec 4, 2019

I would like to know the number of dismissals that have occurred as a result of the fraud allegations.

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Dec 4, 2019

It will be very important that the improvements that you have made that you report back to us.

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Nov 20, 2019

I appreciate that. And I would love to host any or all of you at any point in El Paso at the University of Texas at El Paso so that you can see some of the cutting-edge additive manufacturing capabilities that our students and that our…

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Nov 20, 2019

Additive manufacturing is so critical to our modernization and our readiness.

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Nov 18, 2019

Direct the Department of Homeland Security to immediately abolish and defund the MPP and 'metering,' as has already been proposed in Representative Veronica Escobar's Asylum Seeker Protection Act (H.R. 2662).

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Oct 28, 2019

Thank you for your service. And please share my gratitude and the gratitude that so many of us have with your fellow servicemembers.

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Oct 28, 2019

Thank you for having this very important hearing today.

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Oct 21, 2019

It is stunning to me that the President of the United States would be willing to erode our election security instead of fighting to keep it safe.

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Sep 23, 2019

We don't have to sacrifice our values to obtain and attain and retain security.

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Sep 23, 2019

A casework document from the Office of the Honorable Veronica Escobar entitled, 'Congressional Response to Mr. Parsa's request for a status update on his wife's application'

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Sep 17, 2019

That means their voices have to be predominant in the planning phase.

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Sep 16, 2019

The President has instructed a number of Witnesses to ignore our subpoenas to hide his wrongdoing from the American people.

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Sep 5, 2019

The constituents that I speak to are still--they are still frightened. They are still afraid.

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