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What Laura Friedman said, and what was done

U.S. Representative, California 30th district · Democrat

8 statements quoted from the Congressional Record, each cited to the page it is printed on and set against this member’s recorded votes.

What was said, and what was done

2026-06-29

PAUL IGNATIUS POST OFFICE

Remarks What was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here.

House floor · Congressional Record, June 29, 2026, p. H4279

What was said

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of my bill to designate the United States Postal Service facility on San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the Paul Ignatius Post Office.”

Laura Friedman, Congressional Record, June 29, 2026, p. H4279

Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 29, 2026.

Set against the record

No vote is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2026-04-21

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Remarks What was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here.

House floor · Congressional Record, April 21, 2026, p. H3029

What was said

“Mr. Speaker, tomorrow marks the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the systematic murder of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire. For more than a century, that truth was denied.”

Laura Friedman, Congressional Record, April 21, 2026, p. H3029

Remarks in the Congressional Record of April 21, 2026.

Set against the record

No vote is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2025-03-11

CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING

Remarks What was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here.

House floor · Congressional Record, March 11, 2025, p. H1129

What was said

“Mr. Speaker, the power of the purse belongs to Congress, not to the President, and this has nothing to do with our current President Donald Trump. This is in the Constitution, and it is clear as day, and it has been affirmed over and over again by the Supreme Court.”

Laura Friedman, Congressional Record, March 11, 2025, p. H1129

Remarks in the Congressional Record of March 11, 2025.

Set against the record

No vote is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2025-02-26

DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS

Remarks What was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here.

House floor · Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H868

What was said

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Garamendi for organizing this Special Order this evening. I am Laura Friedman, and I represent the 30th Congressional District in Los Angeles, a district that has really undergone a terrible tragedy with fires, for which we are very much hoping for the kind of support from the Federal Government that so many other regions have received unconditionally after natural disasters.”

Laura Friedman, Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H868

Remarks in the Congressional Record of February 26, 2025.

Set against the record

No vote is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2025-02-26

DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS

Remarks What was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here.

House floor · Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H868

What was said

“I would like to yield to the gentlewoman for a short colloquy. You raised the issue of education. If our goal is, as I said earlier with the Roosevelt quote, that our task is to do for those who have little, it really begins with education.”

Laura Friedman, Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H868

Remarks in the Congressional Record of February 26, 2025.

Set against the record

No vote is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2025-02-26

DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS

Remarks What was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here.

House floor · Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H868

What was said

“Absolutely. I am a mom, and I have an 11-year-old. One of the most important things to me is to make sure that my daughter has access to the highest quality education possible so that she can achieve as much as she is capable of.”

Laura Friedman, Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H868

Remarks in the Congressional Record of February 26, 2025.

Set against the record

No vote is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2025-02-26

DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS

Remarks What was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here.

House floor · Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H869

What was said

“The Department of Education is tasked with making sure that we have an equitable distribution of resources around the country, and if a child is facing any kind of discrimination in their school, if they are not able to access Head Start, if they are not able to access programs because of their disability, the Department of Education is there to make sure that they get what they deserve, what their taxpaying parents are paying for.”

Laura Friedman, Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H869

Remarks in the Congressional Record of February 26, 2025.

Set against the record

No vote is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2025-02-26

DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS

Remarks What was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here.

House floor · Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H869

What was said

“Yes. Besides being a mom, I am a breast cancer survivor. After I was diagnosed, I found out that one of the treatments that has been a revolution in terms of saving the lives of women suffering from breast cancer was developed, I believe, at UCLA.”

Laura Friedman, Congressional Record, February 26, 2025, p. H869

Remarks in the Congressional Record of February 26, 2025.

Set against the record

No vote is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

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