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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 1, 2025

Many of my Republican colleagues in Congress have already expressed concerns about these tariffs.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Apr 1, 2025

Do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on our defense of Black people, of trans kids, of immigrants — instead of their own lack of guts and gumption.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Apr 1, 2025

the will of the voters and the supremacy and sanctity of democratic elections precluded her from doing so.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· Apr 1, 2025

These Tariffs are nearly 10x the size of those imposed during the Trump-Pence Administration and will cost American families over $3,500 per year.

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

Your discussion, where you were doing some Bible quoting back and forth. And as, you know, I am a big Bible reader. And the thing I thought about, and actually I thought about it during your talk since last night, is this part of the…

Congressional Record · 2025-03-31
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Mar 31, 2025

Well, thank you to my friend, Senator Booker, and to all who are gathered to watch this very, very important vigil. And the question that I am going to ask in slow motion to give you a chance to think of a response--

Congressional Record · 2025-03-31
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Mar 31, 2025

Other nations are having to engage in hedging behaviors because they thought we were friends and now they doubt that reality anymore. And so as you look at the signs of these economic times--and then I will get to a second question about…

Congressional Record · 2025-03-31
Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Mar 31, 2025

Well, thank you for yielding the floor for a question while retaining the floor, and thank you for the very nice compliments. I do have a question for you about Social Security, and then I think another colleague of mine has additional…

Congressional Record · 2025-03-31
Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Mar 31, 2025

Well, Senator Booker, I have a question for you about Medicaid and Medicaid expansion, but I want to start with a little bit of background.

Congressional Record · 2025-03-31
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Mar 31, 2025

This is a question about the signs of the times in our democracy. We will celebrate 250 years of American democracy in 2026. And I want it to be a celebration, not a coronation, not a requiem, not a wake, but a celebration. A week ago…

Congressional Record · 2025-03-31
Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2025

And how the world has been changed by people of courage, and I look down at my tie that I have on today, which has the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and we think of that as a sacred document, an important document, in our…

Congressional Record · 2025-03-31
Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Mar 31, 2025

As you may recall, when I was Governor of New Hampshire, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, the program Medicaid expansion became an option for my State, and I worked with people of both political parties to make sure that the people of…

Congressional Record · 2025-03-31
Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Mar 31, 2025

But here is my question. And just by way of background, as you know, New Hampshire is a small State. It is a very rural State. And, recently, the Trump-Musk forces have announced that they want to close a Social Security office in…

Congressional Record · 2025-03-31
Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Mar 31, 2025

Iran should not have a nuclear program, period.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Mar 31, 2025

Iran has violated every agreement they have ever been a part of. We can’t trust them to have any amount of nuclear production.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Mar 31, 2025

This facility is one of the tools in our toolkit that we will use if you commit crimes against the American people.

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