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Tina Kotek
@tinakotek· Democratic · OR· Nov 25, 2025

Repair plans for the 20-inch segment are being developed and a timeline for repair and restart will be shared when available.

theguardian.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Nov 25, 2025

We have to decide: Is this an off-ramp?

npr.org
Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Nov 24, 2025

I think the president is seeing this one-sided plan kind of blow up in his face with pushback from the Ukrainians, from the Europeans, from members of Congress of his own party.

abcnews.go.com
Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Nov 24, 2025

My reaction is it's awful. It would make Neville Chamberlain's giving in to Hitler outside of World War II looks strong in comparison.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Nov 24, 2025

This would be a complete capitulation and that's why I think you're hearing from Congress, both sides, people pushing back ... It feels like this was a plan that they took almost entirely from the Russians.

abcnews.go.com
Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Nov 24, 2025

I will ensure all eligible Virginians who have served their prison sentences have their voting rights restored.

npr.org
Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Nov 24, 2025

Part of it is, understanding just what the cadence is going to look like over the next few months and then developing a strategy.

apnews.com
Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 24, 2025

There are many problems with the plan as it has been reported, but the two most obvious are that it rewards Russia's illegal and unprovoked aggression by handing over substantial portions of Ukraine's sovereign territory, and its security…

cbsnews.com
Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Nov 22, 2025

I will continue to object to what the president is doing in terms about tariffs and his comments because they are not only detrimental to Canada and our relationship, but I think they are detrimental globally.

cbsnews.com
Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Nov 22, 2025

This is a Russian proposal. …There is so much in that plan that is totally unacceptable.

cbsnews.com
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Nov 22, 2025

It's not surprising that the President has chosen to broadly target an entire community. This is what he does to change the subject.

cbsnews.com
Glenn Youngkin
@glennyoungkin· Republican · VA· Nov 22, 2025

I think that they once again reiterate that you can’t come into this job if you are espousing death on a political enemy, the death of children and the death of law enforcement.

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Glenn Youngkin
@glennyoungkin· Republican · VA· Nov 22, 2025

My position has not changed: that there is absolutely no excuse for what he wrote, none.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Nov 22, 2025

History teaches us that Putin only understands strength and will not abide by any agreement unless it is backed by force.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 22, 2025

It rewards aggression. This is pure and simple. There’s no ethical, legal, moral, political justification for Russia claiming eastern Ukraine.

apnews.com
Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Nov 22, 2025

They want to utilize it as a starting point.

apnews.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 22, 2025

I think it’s fair to test another side’s red lines in a negotiation.

theatlantic.com