Howard Dean
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Howard Dean is a prominent figure in the Democratic Party, best known for his tenure as the Governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003. During his time in office, he focused on healthcare reform, environmental issues, and fiscal responsibility, earning a reputation for his progressive policies. Dean played a significant role in the national political landscape as the chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009, where he was instrumental in the party's grassroots organizing efforts and the development of the '50-state strategy' aimed at increasing Democratic presence across the country.
My - my advice has been talk about Trump for a moment, and then pivot, pivot to what we're good at. We're good at healthcare. He's terrible at healthcare. We're good at education. He's terrible at - about education. We're actually good at…
More and more, I think, people believe that Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump is a racist.
I don't believe we should fight the election on impeachment and race. I do think it's really clear to make Donald Trump unacceptable for decent people to vote for.
Words matter. Decency matters. Recently, President Trump told four Congresswomen of color to ``go back'' to their home countries. Mr. President, they are home. Three of these Congresswomen, my colleagues, were born in the United States…
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, we saw heroism and selflessness, especially the first responders who rushed toward danger, rescued survivors, and then spent months cleaning up the wreckage. Their selflessness was on display again…
I thank the chairman of the committee and I also thank the designee for yielding me this time. I am pleased to introduce two amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that deal with PFAS contamination issues. The first…
I thank Chairman Nadler, Chairwoman Bass, and my colleague and friend from Pennsylvania for their efforts in moving this important legislation forward. Every day our law enforcement professionals don their uniforms, show up for work, and…
There is a Gospel reading I like: Matthew 25: ``For I was hungry and You gave me food, I was thirsty and You gave me drink, a stranger and You welcomed me, naked and You clothed me, ill and You cared for me, in prison and You visited me.''…
This amendment would increase the amount of funds dedicated to financial and technical assistance for the people with disabilities through community development financial institutions, or CDFIs. People with disabilities and their families…
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 11, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 33 will not be…
3 years ago, 49 innocent souls were gunned down at Orlando's Pulse nightclub. In my brief moment here with you, I lift up their first names and their lives. Edward, Stanley, Ramon, Christopher, Eric, Peter, Luis, Amanda, Jason, Cory…
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 49, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…
Mr. LaQuita Brown, Ryan Keith Cox, Tara Welch Gallagher, Mary Louise Gayle, Alexander Mikhail Gusev, Joshua O. Hardy, Michelle ``Missy'' Langer, Richard H. Nettleton, Katherine A. Nixon, Christopher Kelly Rapp, Robert Williams, Herbert…
I am delighted to welcome to this Chamber my close friend, Rabbi Larry Sernovitz, whom we have just heard offer us a beautiful, wise prayer. I first met Rabbi Sernovitz in Abington, in my home district, where he served Temple-Beth Am. When…
There are hard votes and there are easy votes. The hard votes involve competing values and difficult tradeoffs; the easy ones give us a chance to express our core American values loudly and clearly. H.R. 5 is the right vote, and I thank…
The DNC has actually done a good job trying to screen out people who really aren't working or aren't able to do the work.
I think in the beginning there'll be five or six that are out with no doubt. If you can't raise $20 million by the time Iowa starts, you can't participate in this race. That's the price of admission to the race.
Biden is the real deal as is Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth and Kamala Harris and Buttigieg and Beto.
One rainy afternoon during my campaign last year, I was out knocking on doors. I met a man and asked what he cared about. He paused as the rain poured down around us, and he uttered a single word, ``Decency.'' Mr. Speaker, over the last…
This week, the Congressional PFAS Task Force, including Representatives Kildee, Tonko, and Fitzpatrick, joined me in my district to address clean water and to address PFAS water contamination. I thank them for joining me. We visited Naval…
Climate change is already exacting a dramatic toll: extreme weather, unprecedented migration, and untold suffering. Meanwhile, the administration denies basic science, and President Trump wants to pull the United States out of the Paris…
He did hit the 10,000 lie mark today which is pretty extraordinary after two and a half years in the office.
Trump does not pick cabinet officials based on their merits. He picks cabinet officials based on their -- whether they're willing to be his flunky and Barr is a flunky.





