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Another notable performance was the standoff between the Capulets and Montagues, two enemy families, in the opening scene of “Romeo and Juliet.” As Atlantic journalist Steve Clemons, Republican political strategist Grover Norquist, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) and Fox News correspondent Rich Edson bit their thumbs at each other on stage, the producers noted that giving them foam swords was the safest amid a tense political climate.
Introduced by California Democratic Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Judy Chu, the new act would help fund job training, workplace and mentoring opportunities to ensure long-term employment for former inmate firefighters.
Kamlager-Dove, a member of that committee and a proponent of sports diplomacy, laid out her concerns and those of her colleagues in two-page letter addressed to Rubio and signed by 52 representatives, including Rep. Young Kim (R-Anaheim Hills), the first Republican to sign on; Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee; and Ted Lieu (D-Manhattan Beach), a member of Democratic House leadership.
‘Everywhere we go, people are irritated, agitated, motivated,’ Kamlager-Dove says.
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove is proposing the Defending American Diplomacy Act.
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove about life on Capitol Hill, what broke Congress and a whole lot more.
Sydney Kamlager-Dove is one of the most outspoken representatives in the U.S. Congress. Not known to mince words, she recently labeled newly installed FBI Director Kash Patel a "freak," characterized President Donald Trump as “diabolical”, and called out Elon Musk for orchestrating a “money grab”.
"We recognise that this is an unprecedented moment," Rep Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California said.
"These are not normal times, and the Black Caucus is not interested in being predictable or polite in this moment," she added.
“Trump is trying to merge the congressional, legislative and judicial branches,” Los Angeles area congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove said, adding that Republicans “want to take the country back to a 1950s America.”
“DEI is just a code word” for their plans, Kamlager-Dove added, noting that she walked out because, “I couldn’t listen to someone talk about dismantling all that we have built in this country,” including the Social Security safety net. “I could not sit and kowtow to the neo Klan,” she said.