Nanette Diaz Barragán

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1. “Americans are less safe because of this rogue agency that is out in the streets with masks and no identification. Mr. Speaker, this administration and Republicans in Congress continue to kill innocent people and make us less safe. This must stop. ____________________”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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2. “One of Lorenzo's sons, Ronaldo, watched the video of his father and said: ``My father was always a strong man and never wanted us to know if he was in pain. He never complained . . . but it hurt my heart to hear his scream.'' Two fathers: One killed by ICE in the street; one dead after 6 weeks in ICE custody. {time} 1145 This abuse does not stop with immigrants. U.S. citizens are being rounded up and deported. When the Supreme Court allowed ICE to profile people racially during enforcement stops based on their race and their language, Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh wrote that if you are a U.S. citizen, you are going to be free to go after just a brief encounter. That is not what happened to Brian Jose Morales Garcia. He is a U.S.”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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3. “Edwin's story should stop us in our tracks because he is not alone. People are dying in ICE detention. People have been killed during immigration enforcement operations. The people the Trump administration is going after are not serious criminals or the worst of the worst. In July, more than one-half of the people arrested by ICE had no criminal convictions and no pending criminal charges. These are workers, parents, and caregivers. They are people who have lived in our communities for years, yet the administration is stripping away legal protections to detain and deport them. Look at Haitian families with temporary protected status. For years our government told them: You can come live here, and you can come and work here. They built their lives here. They pay taxes. They cared for our parents and our grandparents.”

   House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗

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4. “Speaker, we should build a future where children can play outside without an inhaler in their backpacks or around their necks, a future with fewer hospital visits, not more. We should stand with communities fighting for their right to breathe, not keep them polluted. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to stand with our communities and protect their right to clean air. Vote ``no.''”

   House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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5. “area, wrote EPA in support of the clean truck rule. She said: ``Living in southern California, I see how truck pollution impacts our families: asthma, heart disease, respiratory problems. These aren't just numbers. They are our children, our parents, and our neighbors. Please allow California to enforce stronger clean air protections.'' Tia Triplett from Los Angeles wrote to EPA that heavy truck pollution threatens the health of her community, and she urges stronger protections. House Republicans want to silence these voices. Our constituents don't need more diesel trucks idling near our homes, pumping smog into our lungs. They need cleaner trucks, cleaner cars, and cleaner air. Mr.”

   House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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6. “States are not forced to adopt California's standards, but many choose to because of the harm air pollution causes their communities. If these measures pass, then more pollution will fill our air, more kids will miss school because they are sick, more seniors will land in the hospital, more families will lose loved ones far too soon to preventable deaths, and billions of dollars will be spent on health expenses that could be avoided. Communities like the ones I represent, low-income neighborhoods near freeways, ports, and warehouses and working-class communities of color, are already, indeed, breathing some of the dirtiest air in our country. Thousands of people in California and around the country wrote in support of these clean air protections that Republicans want to rip away. Jane Flynn, from the L.A.”

   House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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7. “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak for the families who cannot afford to breathe dirty air for another day. I rise for the parents who have rushed their child to the emergency room because the smog outside triggered another asthma attack. I rise for the young people who have the right to a future free from polluted air, climate disasters, and preventable health crises. House Republicans are trying to overturn EPA's approval of California's clean air waivers, a move that would strip California's ability to protect its people from dangerous air pollution. This isn't just about California. Over one dozen States voluntarily follow California's standards. If we overturn these waivers, then families from New York to Oregon will feel it, too, in their lungs.”

   House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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8. “If we let them tear up due process for some, it is a danger to all. Mr. Speaker, I will not stand silent while families are ripped apart and while the Constitution is trampled on. My colleagues shouldn't either. ____________________”

   House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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9. “Government can deport children who are U.S. citizens or send immigrants to dangerous foreign prisons without a court hearing and then claim the government bears no responsibility should terrify every one of us. These cases are the most glaring examples, but the assault on due process runs deeper. This is not just about how we treat immigrants. It is about whether any of us can count on being treated fairly when accused of something. It is about whether there are still rules that protect people, or whether the government can just say: Trust us. We don't have to follow the law. It is about power unchecked and principles abandoned. Just yesterday, we also learned of a woman from Oklahoma and her children, all of them U.S. citizens. Federal agents broke into her house and took her money. They basically terrorized them and left.”

   House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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10. “Despite this court order, ICE agents, without a new hearing and without any process, basically made him vanish. He is just gone at the hands of the Trump government. He was sent to El Salvador to one of the most notorious megaprisons in the hemisphere. It is a prison that American taxpayers are helping to support in a foreign country. Let me be clear. Mr. Garcia had rights. The government ignored them. That is not how justice works. It is not just Mr. Garcia. We now have learned of children who are U.S. citizens who were deported by this Trump government and administration. One of those children is just 4 years old and was receiving treatment for cancer. Yes, cancer. How does deporting a sick child keep our community safe? It does not. This isn't immigration policy, but this is cruelty, plain and simple. The idea that the U.S.”

    House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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11. “The Trump government ignores court orders, ignores the Constitution, and then lies to try to justify its actions. Let's talk about Kilmer Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father and a husband who was literally abducted in the dark of night by the Trump government. This is not just a story about a man wrongly deported. It is a story about abuse by the government and the danger it poses to my colleagues and every American citizen in America. Kilmer Abrego Garcia lived here in the United States for over a decade. He had a court hearing where a court ruled that Mr. Garcia had a right to be here and that he would be in danger if he was returned or deported to El Salvador. Yet, despite the court order, ICE agents arrested Mr. Garcia anyway, and they deported him to El Salvador.”

    House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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12. “This month, Republicans plan to pass the new tax cuts for their billionaire donors and big corporations, and their giveaway to the wealthy will be paid for by cuts to Medicaid, basically healthcare, and food stamps that hardworking American families rely on. This is right as the Trump tax will make it harder to make ends meet, to save for retirement, to pay for prescriptions, or care for aging parents. House Democrats are doing everything we can to stop Trump and Republicans from destroying our economy and to keep their hands off of earned benefits. We must put hardworking Americans first. Assault on Immigration Due Process Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Speaker, as the economy is tanking, costs are going up, not down. Today, we face a new threat and danger: The Trump government is abusing its power.”

    House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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13. “It hurts our port workers and truck drivers who support their families, thanks to trade with other countries. Trump and his billionaire donors won't feel any of it. They don't feel it when the cost of a can of soup is up a couple of dollars because of tariffs on aluminum. They don't feel it when the cost of our constituents' kids' shirts go up $10 apiece because there is a tariff on the clothes they buy or when the cost of their next oil change goes up $20 because the parts and filters are imported. The average American will feel it. Trump has even admitted that they will have to feel some of the pain from his Trump tax, and what is the response from Republicans in Congress? The majority plans to follow Trump off the cliff and make it worse while we are on the way down.”

    House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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14. “Hardworking Americans are paying more for food, clothes, cars and trucks, electronics, and other essential goods. Estimates are that the Trump tax will cost the average American family almost $5,000 a year in additional costs. Our constituents' 401(k)'s, pensions, and kids' college funds have all taken a huge hit. Trump's reckless trade war has only begun to squeeze the American people. Imports at the San Pedro Bay port complex in my district are expected to plunge in May. That means empty shelves at our stores in a few weeks and further price spikes as shortages hit. Exports at the port complex have also plummeted as retaliatory tariffs by other countries hit agriculture and manufactured goods. This hurts consumers. It hurts businesses.”

    House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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15. “Mr. Speaker, after 100 days of chaos and corruption, Donald Trump and House Republicans are crashing the economy in real time. The majority has hit the American people with the largest tax increase on the middle class in at least 50 years. We have watched markets around the world plummet, prices spike, and our trading partners hit back with tariffs on American goods that are attacks on the American people.”

    House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗

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16. “There are 2 minutes remaining. {time} 1623 So the joint resolution was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 95 and NAY on Roll Call No. 96. ____________________”

    House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗

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17. “Madam Speaker, I rise today to sound the alarm for the American people about the abuse of power that House Republicans are allowing and that puts the American people in danger. House Republicans have allowed billionaire Elon Musk and his gang of thieves to enter the U.S. Treasury Department, fire the people entrusted with secret, private information about Americans, and give them that access.”

    House of Representatives6 February 2025Source ↗

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18. “Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart for the thousands of California families who have been devastated by the recent wildfires in and around the Los Angeles area. Homes have been burned to the ground. Lives have been lost. Family pets are gone. Precious family photos and sentimental belongings have been charred, damaged, and, in many cases, totally destroyed.”

    House of Representatives21 January 2025Source ↗

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