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Matsui Delivers Floor Speech in Support of Students Raising Their Voices on Gun Violence Prevention Reform
March 14, 2018
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of students raising their voices on the need for reforms to prevent gun violence. Following her remarks, the Congresswoman joined a student rally at the U.S. Capitol.

Issues:Gun Violence
Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008
October 4, 2017
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Mr. CAMPBELL of California. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I guess this afternoon I am going to be a fairly lonely voice in opposition to this bipartisan agreement, and I hope that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will listen as in the next 3 minutes I present to you five reasons why ...

Mr. CAMPBELL of California. I thank the gentleman for yielding.

Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
October 4, 2017
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Mr. CAMPBELL of California. I thank my friend from Louisiana for yielding. Madam Speaker, I hope that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will vote against this bill tonight. I hope you will vote against it because itand#39;s too late. The most important quarters are this quarter and next quarter, ...

Mr. CAMPBELL of California. I thank my friend from Louisiana for yielding.

The Budget: RSC Special Order
October 4, 2017
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Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlelady from Tennessee very much for yielding on this important issue of the budget. Now you know in the next couple of weeks we will vote on a budget here, Madam Speaker, in this Ho use. And that budget will undoubtedly have a deficit some...
Mr. CAMPBELL of California.
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2009
October 4, 2017
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Mr. CAMPBELL of California. I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for yielding. Mr. Chairman, we have heard and we know this budget has the largest tax increase in American history and it also doubles the deficit from what the last Republican budget was. But somehow the majority seems to w...

Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2009
October 4, 2017
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Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. You know, our friends on the other side of the aisle may not like and may have problems with our budget, but the one thing they canand#39;t say is that we are not doing what we say we are going to do.
Israel's 60th Anniversary
October 4, 2017
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Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Speaker, in 1948, the United Nations established the Nation of Israel so that a dispossessed and tyrannized people might have the opportunity to return to their historic homeland.
HR 2642, The Supplemental Appropriations Act
October 4, 2017
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Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Thank you for that kind introduction, my colleague from California (Mr. Dreier). Mr. Speaker, we learned this week that 8 months into this fiscal year we now have a deficit of $317 billion. If you project that out for the rest of the fiscal year, we are looking at havin...

Mr. CAMPBELL of California.

Real Energy Solutions
October 4, 2017
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Mr. CAMPBELL of California. I thank my friend, Mr. Westmoreland from Georgia, and you are equally a friend of the taxpayer and a Georgia bulldog in terms of fighting for taxpayers and consumers and for Americans to be more free rather than less free in the future. Thank you for yielding. I stand h...

Historic Fiscal Crisis
October 4, 2017
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Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Speaker, shh, thereand#39;s a secret. I have a secret. Itand#39;s a secret that the leadership in this House doesnand#39;t want the people to know; but Iand#39;m going to tell you anyway. This Nation, this Federal Government, is in a historic fiscal crisis right now. It was announced earli...

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