Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
From Jackie Speier
It is important for us to be able to meet and greet the people that we serve. And if we start having police presence everywhere we go, it's going to create a chilling effect on discourse, and it creates an incredible assault on the democratic process.
Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide family planning services. Planned parenthood has a right to perform abortions.
As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States, not the Republican or Democratic party. I have been willing to stand up to my own leadership when it's in the national interest.
Since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the gap between men and women's earnings has narrowed by less than a half-cent per year. At this rate, American women will have to wait until 2062 to bring home the same salary as their male counterparts.
Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
My life experiences have helped me to be less fearful. In politics, that has allowed me to take on issues sooner rather than later.
When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really serving?
It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
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