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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Oct 30, 2025

No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood.

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

And it's a pretext that's just being used to pour more and more tariffs onto Canada.

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders
@sarahhuckabeesanders· Republican · AR· Oct 29, 2025

Democrats need to do their job and stop punishing families and small businesses.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 29, 2025

to ensure New Yorkers do not go hungry this holiday season.

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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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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Oct 29, 2025

This is serious, this is urgent — and requires immediate action.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 28, 2025

If a school has been failing for a prolonged period, shut it down and give a charter school or a specialized school the chance to succeed.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Oct 28, 2025

But they are also really about how much will we let a president get away with? Do my colleagues have a gag reflex or not?

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Oct 28, 2025

Abrego is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Oct 28, 2025

So the votes are about tariffs, and they're about the economic destruction of tariffs, but they are also really about, how much will we let a president get away with?

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 28, 2025

On education — when schools are failing, I believe we should close them and replace them with charter schools. I’m a strong believer in charter schools.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Oct 28, 2025

Tariffs are a tax on American consumers. Tariffs are a tax on American businesses. And they are a tax that is imposed by a single person: Donald J. Trump.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 28, 2025

I know many oppose them, but when a public school fails generation after generation, and we keep it open anyway, that’s unacceptable.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 28, 2025

I am fast tracking $30 million in emergency food assistance funds to help keep food pantries stocked.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Oct 28, 2025

The impacts in their states, ironically, are disproportionate.

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Ned Lamont
@nedlamont· Democratic · CT· Oct 28, 2025

While this $3 million in emergency funding will not fill the entire gap left by the federal government, it represents our state’s commitment to supporting our neighbors during this crisis.

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