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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.
I thank the chairman for yielding time. Like many of you, I am struggling as we see day after day, night after night, more lives lost to gun violence in America. On Sunday, a 15-year-old boy was killed and three other people shot in a mass…
On Thursday, May 26, an explosion erupted in the tight-knit community of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, destroying two homes and, tragically, killing five people, a grandmother and four of her grandchildren, and also seriously injuring their…
Do we not hear the cries of the fourth grader in Uvalde who said, ``All of my friends are dead''? Would you like to do something about gun slaughter in this country? Then join us. One commonsense way we can do this is by passing my friend…
It is said that a civilized society that can no longer feel outrage can no longer be civilized. Ten people slaughtered in their grocery store. Nineteen children and two teachers massacred in their school, only to have parents who had…
Our Nation has lost a lifelong leader and trailblazer--Madeleine Albright--a woman I had the chance to know and to learn from, and a woman with whom I shared a first name. Madeleine Albright was a woman of clarity, grace, intellect, and…
Montgomery County, Philadelphia, and all of Pennsylvania mourn the tragic loss of two State troopers: Branden Sisca and Martin Mack, III; and a pedestrian, Mr. Reyes Rivera Oliveras, of Allentown. All three were killed by an alleged drunk…
While preparing remarks, I considered showing much more graphic photos of Ukrainian children brutalized at the hands of Vladimir Putin. But then I thought of some of the people who might see this--refugees of war, war veterans who would be…
It has been 5 weeks since Vladimir Putin launched his assault on Ukraine and its people; a relentless churn of cruelty, of war crimes, crimes against humanity. More than 4 million people have fled Ukraine, but tragically, not everyone has…
I thank Representative Speier and Representative Marcy Kaptur. It is a solemn privilege to be with them tonight as we lift up the people of Ukraine, as we lift up the women and children of Ukraine on this International Women's Day. It is a…
No amount of warnings from the Biden administration and our intelligence could have prepared us for the sheer brutality and devastation we have seen from Mr. Putin, who expected a quick toppling of Ukraine's young democracy. He was wrong…
In an important moment of bipartisanship on Monday, this Chamber passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. Over 75 percent of Members voted to restore power to women, who far too often have…
For decades we have heard elected officials rightfully decry the loss of American jobs, and then promise to bring them back. And for generations Americans have waited for that promise. Here is the chance. Since January 2000, the United…
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