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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 2, 2022

There is no magic bullet. But if there is something we can do, we will find it and we will do it at HHS.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Jun 26, 2022

As long as I’m the attorney general of Wisconsin, we’re not going to use any resources at our State Department of Justice, to investigate or prosecute anybody under our mid-1800s abortion ban.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Jun 26, 2022

It would make women in Wisconsin, less free, less equal, and less safe, and we’re not going to do it.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Jun 26, 2022

It makes providing an abortion a felony. So, if a doctor performed an abortion unless it was to save the life of the mother, it would be a felony in Wisconsin if that ban is found to be in effect.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 24, 2022

The right to an abortion is alive and well in California. It is untouched by the Dobbs decision today.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 24, 2022

We have $125 million in the proposed budget that will be expanding access to reproductive health care, expanding access to abortion, supporting women in California and from out of state.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Jun 24, 2022

The vast majority of people who want access to safe and legal abortion need to be made visible.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Jun 24, 2022

We organized providers as well as medical professionals in the state of New York. And we are prepared to represent individual. We`re prepared to train legal professionals as well as medical professionals in anticipation of individuals who…

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jun 19, 2022

I don’t see how the DOJ can do anything but take action. It’s -- the evidence is overwhelming.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jun 19, 2022

I don`t see how the DOJ can do anything but take action. It`s -- the evidence is overwhelming.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jun 19, 2022

There was this effort to completely undermine the election and subvert the vote utilizing this -- this -- what seems like a harebrained scheme using the false slate of electors that actually almost worked.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 7, 2022

We are very much behind in terms of child care support and also paid family leave

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 7, 2022

The COVID-related supply chain disruptions have been driving price increases in the U.S.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 6, 2022

I hope that his private expression becomes public policy and a public position of the Republicans because let's face it, it is the Republicans who have kept us from voting on a lot of these sensible gun legislation bills.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 6, 2022

None of these measures individually go far enough, but I completely believe that we need to make a start on sensible gun safety legislation.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 6, 2022

I have so much faith in Chris Murphy and his commitment to providing us with an option for some kind of commonsense gun safety legislation. So, as he remains optimistic, I remain optimistic.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 6, 2022

The easy access to guns is what makes our country as Chris has said, makes our country the outlier of other nations.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Jun 5, 2022

We have seen a rise in domestic extremism. I think it is important that we take a look at the protective measures that we have in place.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Jun 5, 2022

This is such a horrific crime. This is a targeted attack on a public official and a judge. It's not the only targeted attack we've seen.

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· May 27, 2022

Look, what I think is that Congress has to come back to Washington. And we need to do our level best to raise the age to 21, for semi-automatic rifles, assault weapons.

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· May 27, 2022

He couldn’t be more wrong. I mean as you mentioned, you know, 72 plus percent of Americans support raising the age to buy a semi-automatic rifles -- this is an assault weapon -- to 21.

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· May 25, 2022

We can potentially arm and prepare and train teachers and other administrators to respond quickly, because the reality is we don’t have the resources to have law enforcement at every school.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· May 18, 2022

This injunction is a victory for the millions of Michigan women fighting for their rights.

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