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Susan Wild
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Regarding Child Care Crisis - Apr. 28, 2023
April 28, 2023
Speech begins at 10:37:49 AM SUSAN WILD: Thank you, Mr. speaker. I am a mother myself. My children are now 27 and 30 years old. but i distinctly remember how challenging it was to have children in a two-parent working family. I was a lawyer before I came to congress, and I remember the panic when I had to bring my very active toddler son to court with me because his preschool was suddenly closed. I really feel for people who have ongoing issues finding affordable, reliable childcare. more than […]
Michelle Steel
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Representative Steel Speaks on the House Floor for Commemoration of Black April - Apr. 28, 2023
April 28, 2023
Speech begins at 10:33:12 Thank you, Mr. speaker. I rise today to commemorate the 48th anniversary of Black April. I am proud to represent Orange County's Little Saigon, which is home to the largest population of Vietnamese in the world outside of Vietnam itself. During Black April we remember the fall of Saigon, those who served in Vietnam, and those who lost their lives fleeing communism. The fall of the republic of Vietnam is one greatest tragedies in modern history. It reminds us that freedom is not free. It reminds […]
Stacey Plaskett
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Congresswoman Plaskett Addresses Congress - April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have now concluded 100 days of Congress, yet my colleagues across the aisle continue to prioritize political grievances, political theater, to the cost of the American people. Many are more concerned about policing women's and girls' bodies than they are about protecting the lives of all American citizens. The recent attempt to deny women access to FDA-approved medication because of its use in medical abortions is yet another attack on Americans' personal freedom. This week HR734 coming to the floor is a threat to young […]
Ilhan Omar
categories: Debate, Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Representation Matters - Feb. 2, 2023
February 2, 2023
ILHAN OMAR: This debate today, it's about who gets to be an American. What opinions do we get to have? Do we have to have to be counted as Americans? This is what this debate is about, madam speaker. There is this idea that you are suspected if you are an immigrant. or if you are from certain parts of the world or a certain skin tone or a Muslim. It is no accident that members of the republican party accuse the first black president, Barack Obama, of being a […]
Veronica Escobar
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Nomination of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House - Jan. 6, 2023
January 6, 2023
Escobar nominated Hakeem Jeffries for speaker of the House of Representatives in the 13th ballot. ESCOBAR: Madam Clerk, I rise to nominate a unifier, not a divider, Hakeem Jeffries for speaker of the United States House of Representatives. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. ESCOBAR: We are on day four, the 13th vote, and House Democrats continue to stand united with Hakeem Jeffries, with him and for him, because he is a uniter not a divider, and a positive force of nature. Two days ago during the fourth, […]
Lauren Boebert
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Nomination of Rep. Kevin Hern for Speaker of the House - Jan. 6, 2023
January 6, 2023
Boebert nominated Kevin Hern for speaker of the House of Representatives in the 12th ballot. BOEBERT: Madam Clerk, I rise to enter a name for nomination for speaker. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. BOEBERT: Once again I stand here today to nominate Kevin Hern, the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus in the Republican conference who unanimously was elected as chairman, whom I believe can unite this Republican conference and put forward the agenda that we all promised to work hard on and serve […]
Lauren Boebert
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Nomination of Rep. Kevin Hern for Speaker of the House - Jan. 5, 2023
January 5, 2023
Boebert nominated Kevin Hern for speaker of the House of Representatives in the tenth ballot. BOEBERT: Madam Clerk, I rise to nominate Kevin Hern of Oklahoma for speaker of the House. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. BOEBERT: It's as simple as that, folks. Let's start getting somewhere with this, realize the facts. Kevin McCarthy does not have the votes. Let's elect a Republican who can unify our conference, who is a true leader. I'm casting my vote for Kevin Hern, and I hope you will as well. […]
Anna Luna
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Nomination of Rep. Byron Donalds for Speaker of the House - Jan. 5, 2023
January 5, 2023
Luna nominated Byron Donalds for speaker of the House of Representatives in the tenth ballot. LUNA: Madam Speaker, I would like to rise to nominate Byron Donalds for speaker of the house. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. LUNA: I've known Byron for roughly about four years now and being he's from the state of Florida, i can tell you I've come to know him on both the campaign trail and personally. [Johnson gavels] But I want to clarify something real quick to my colleagues across the aisle. […]
Lauren Boebert
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Nomination of Rep. Kevin Hern for Speaker of the House - Jan. 5, 2023
January 5, 2023
Boebert nominated Kevin Hern for speaker of the House of Representatives in the ninth ballot. BOEBERT: Madam Clerk, I rise to nominate Mr. Hern as speaker of the House. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. BOEBERT: Thank you, Madam Clerk. We have been accused of not having a plan. Well, we presented many, many plans and are even presenting two plans simultaneously right now, for speaker of the people's house. I sat in my chair anticipating to vote for Byron Donalds who whom I respect, whom I see […]
Katherine Clark
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Nomination of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House - Jan. 5, 2023
January 5, 2023
Clark nominated Hakeem Jeffries for speaker of the House of Representatives in the eighth ballot. CLARK: I rise to nominate Hakeem Jeffries as speaker of the House. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. CLARK: 212, 212, 212, 212, 212, 212, and today, 212. Two hundred and twelve House Democrats stand united behind our leader, because Hakeem Jeffries stands united for the American people. The historic disfunction that we are seeing, this intra-party fight that the American people have been drawn into is imperilling our national security, it will […]