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Should Congress be brought into the decision, Rep. Sydney Kamlager Dove, D-Los Angeles, said there would be bipartisan support for a comprehensive plan that supports the Iranian people while also preventing the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon. That just hasn’t happened, she said.
During a the "People's State of the Union" on Tuesday, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) criticized President Trump.
Some Democrats, including Representatives Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California and Pramila Jayapal of Washington, invited victims of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the State of the Union as their guests in the House chamber, but did not attend themselves.
“Mr. Patel, these planes are not yours. They are the property of the U.S. Government and are paid for by the American people,” Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin and California Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, wrote in a letter to Patel in December.
Schiff is among the Democrats boycotting the speech. Other Californians include Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach), Sara Jacobs (D-San Diego), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles) and Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village).
“I’m not interested in being disrespected by [Trump],” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove told Calen. “Since I don’t have the power to disinvite him, I can take my energy elsewhere.”
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, delivered opening remarks at the subcommittee’s hearing on strengthening export controls enforcement.
You can watch her remarks here and read her full remarks as delivered below:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) released the following statement on her decision to boycott the State of the Union and attend the People’s State of the Union instead:
Other Democrats who've invited survivors include Reps. Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, James Walkinshaw of Virginia and Emily Randall of Washington, and Julia Brownley, Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Eric Swalwell of California.
Kamlager-Dove is scheduled to speak at what’s been dubbed the “People’s State of the Union,” a rally on the National Mall organized by MoveOn, a national progressive group, that will take place at the same time as Trump’s address. She said it will cover “everything Donald Trump won’t talk about,” from the high costs of living and health care to “upholding democracy and our Constitution.”