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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

The United States Senate just passed a funding bill for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without any meaningful reforms to the conduct of either.

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· May 27, 2026

The people of South Dakota depend on the Postal Service for critical communication, medicine and care.

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· May 27, 2026

Access to safe, affordable housing is essential to the strength of our communities and the future of South Dakota.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

What puzzles me is the budget that has been submitted only requests one. I don't really understand that.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

There is no such thing as mandatory spending except in areas where there is a legal obligation to expend the money.

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John Hoeven
@johnhoeven· Republican · ND· May 27, 2026

We strongly urge your administration to take decisive action to fully dismantle UNRWA and eliminate it from the UN budget.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

One way to improve readiness is to repair our aircraft -- I almost said on the fly-- on the ground without waiting for the manufacturer to send a part.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

Budgets represent priorities, and it's fascinating to me that if you add together the cuts for service operations, forest and rangeland research, and state, private and tribal forestry, that pretty much exactly equals the proposed billion…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

It ain't a partnership if one side has to give up everything, and the other side says, this is what we're going to do, and we're not going to give you any money to do it.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

They have stepped up. But I think the American people should understand that we have stepped back.

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Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· May 27, 2026

They believe that somehow putting money back into people’s pockets that are struggling financially across the state, apparently they don’t believe that’s an issue.

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Mark R. Warner
@markrwarner· VA· May 27, 2026

The next DNI must be committed to restoring trust in the office, protecting the integrity of our intelligence, and ensuring our nation’s intelligence professionals can speak truth to power, without fear or interference.

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John Hoeven
@johnhoeven· Republican · ND· May 27, 2026

Precision Ag is saving on how much fertilizer and chemical our farmers have to apply right now.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

If there has been such, I would certainly like to see it. You probably knew I was going to bring this chart. This is FTEs in the National Park Service going back 10 or 15 years. Here's where we are now. We were understaffed back then.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

There is talk around the budget about building ships and even destroyers in Japan and Korea. That is the worst idea since the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

One of the factors of this budget that has not gotten any publicity is there is zero funding for Ukraine.

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John Hoeven
@johnhoeven· Republican · ND· May 27, 2026

We’re working to create a new cooperative agreement that will link the expertise of the policy center with the National REC.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

And yet, this is, I believe, an existential struggle for the future of democracy where we had an aggressive country invade a neighboring country without any justification whatsoever.

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