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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Nov 1, 2025

My job is to ensure we have enough power to keep the lights on, keep rates affordable and attract major economic development projects.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Nov 1, 2025

We plan to review all our options, including working with the Legislature to modify the CLCPA, in order to protect New Yorkers from higher costs.

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Phil Murphy
@philmurphy· Democratic · NJ· Nov 1, 2025

The Trump Administration’s decision to suspend SNAP funding as the government shutdown drags on is both unethical and illegal.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Oct 31, 2025

The issue that I’ve always been focused on ... is a deal, a deal?

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 31, 2025

There is no way Curtis Sliwa can actually win. Curtis Sliwa can only make Zohran Mamdani win.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 31, 2025

President Trump said Curtis Sliwa is not ready for prime time.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 31, 2025

Don’t believe me. Believe President Trump if you’re a Republican.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Oct 31, 2025

If we want to win the competition with China, we need to think well beyond the next election and even the next decade.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Oct 31, 2025

Shutting Democrats out of a briefing on U.S. military strikes and withholding the legal justification for those strikes from half the Senate is indefensible and dangerous.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Oct 31, 2025

This partisan stunt is a slap in the face to Congress’ war powers responsibilities and to the men and women who serve this country.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Oct 31, 2025

a new low for the administration and corrosive to our democracy

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John Hickenlooper
@johnhickenlooper· Democratic · CO· Oct 31, 2025

You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. I can’t remember a situation where I felt there were less palatable choices.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Oct 30, 2025

That’s not what ODNI was created for, and it puts it in direct tension with the agencies it’s supposed to support.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 30, 2025

We’re not going to be passive observers to this.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 30, 2025

My message to Republicans in Washington: get back to work, restore the healthcare premiums, turn the federal government back on and start feeding hungry Americans once again.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 30, 2025

We’re not going to do those extraordinary measures like bringing back the legislature or taxes on people to make up for the federal government’s failure.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Oct 30, 2025

This approach risks creating turf battles and undermining the effectiveness of our Intelligence Community.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Oct 29, 2025

I don't think you can say that fentanyl is not an emergency vis-a-vis Mexico or China, but it is ridiculous to say that fentanyl is an emergency with respect to Canada.

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