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March 10, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi today announced she will appoint Kemba Hendrix as the Director of the newly established House of Representatives Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Hendrix, who currently is the Director of the House Democratic Diversity Initiative, has focused on increasing House Democratic workforce diversity and expanding opportunities for diverse candidates at all House staff levels.
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March 10, 2020
It’s pretty exciting to be here to celebrate democracy. That’s what this legislation is about, and so, we have Democrats from both sides of the Capitol to accelerate the fight to put people first, put power back into the hands of the people.
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March 10, 2020
On the 61st anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising, we honor the many brave Tibetans who sacrificed their lives in the fight for freedom. Today, we also celebrate the aspirations of all Tibetans to live in peace, autonomy and security, free from China’s brutal repression.
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March 9, 2020
Good evening. Good evening. I am very honored to have a visit from our former colleague on the House side, Democratic Leader of the Senate, to talk about something that is an emergency in our country.
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March 9, 2020
Thank you for your strong leadership to deliver the bipartisan emergency coronavirus response bill as a first step to provide urgently needed funds for the response effort and to enable an estimated $7 billion in low-interest SBA loans to small businesses impacted by the epidemic. It is clear that further legislative action will quickly become necessary as the epidemic spreads and the impacts on workers and families in our communities deepen.
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March 8, 2020
We are hoping to work with the administration on a coordinated, government-wide plan to respond to the coronavirus. We are pleased that we passed an emergency response bill on an overwhelming, bipartisan basis that provided a significant increase in resources beyond the administration’s request.
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March 8, 2020
Each International Women’s Day we recognize the generations of women and girls whose persistent, dissatisfied voices have led the movement toward genuine equality, a promise for which we all must continue to fight.
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March 6, 2020
The divided Court of Appeals ruling in the McGahn case clearly contradicts bedrock law and binding legal precedent. As the House brief states, ‘The panel’s decision has no support in the text or structure of the Constitution or in Supreme Court precedent.’
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March 6, 2020
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Raul Ruiz of California delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week's address, the Congressman discussed the strong, science-based actions House Democrats have taken to combat the coronavirus threat, including the bipartisan emergency response funding package which passed this week. Video and audio of the Weekly Democratic Address can be downloaded here.
Below is a full transcript of the address:
"Hello, I'm Dr. Raul Ruiz, and I represent California's 36th Congressional District.
"I'm also an emergency doctor, public health expert and disaster aid specialist with medical, public health and public policy degrees from Harvard.
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March 6, 2020
February’s jobs report comes as families across America face an uncertain economic future as a result of the worsening coronavirus outbreak.