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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.
Madam Speaker, climate change is a major threat to our national security; and military leaders agree. Last year, the Department of Defense studied 79 mission-critical bases and found that climate change threatened most of them. In the past…
I just want to echo the concerns by my colleague who spoke prior to me on diversity.
Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a father, son, and public servant, Sheriff's Deputy Peter John Herrera, who passed away at the age of 35 on Sunday, March 24, after being fatally shot at a traffic stop. A lifelong El…
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 156, insert after line 20 (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 1103…
Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I thank Representatives Bass and Fitzpatrick and Chairman Nadler for their work on this bill, which will provide critical support to women. My amendment has two components to…
Madam Chair, I thank the distinguished gentleman from Georgia, and I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler).
I appreciate it. As I mentioned, this was something important to some constituents at home, so I would like to learn more.
I just want to go on the record about how deeply concerning it is to me to know that funding was taken.
I want to ask you about something, a trend that has been disturbing to me, on sexual assault and the Air Force.
And so I just want to state publicly how troubling that is to me, and it concerns me especially in light of what we discussed at our classified hearing.
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