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Rep. Barbara Lee: Repeal AUMF to stop ‘this state of perpetual war’
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) on Wednesday called for the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to be repealed. “I’m convinced that if we do not repeal this authorization to use force that I voted against in 2001, we are going to see this state of perpetual war forever,” she…
Rep. Barbara Lee commemorates 10th anniversary of ‘reckless and short-sighted’ Iraq war
Speaking on the floor of the House on Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of America’s invasion of Iraq, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) gave a somber postmortem on the war she’s consistently opposed, warning her colleagues to never forget the Bush administration’s tactics in the country’s rush to a needless…
Rep. Lee: Beyond shameful that 16 million children are living in poverty
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), co-chair of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, on Thursday called for Congress to declare a “war on poverty.” “It is beyond shameful that over 45 million Americans, including over 16 million children, are living in poverty in the wealthiest nation in the world,” she said…
Rep. Barbara Lee blasts ‘meaningless’ Obamacare repeal vote
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) slammed House Republicans on Tuesday for planning to vote for the 31st time to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “I rise in strong opposition to the GOP’s Patients’ Rights Repeal Act,” she said on the House floor. “Here we go again Mr. Speaker, wasting the American’s…
Rep. Barbara Lee calls PRENDA ‘shock and awe’ in ‘war on women’
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) blasted the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) on Wednesday, comparing it to the “shock and awe” military strategy used at the beginning of the Iraq war. “Supporters of this bill claim that the legislation would combat sex-selective abortions,” she said on the House floor. “Here we go…
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