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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Feb 4, 2025

Our DHS enforcement officers have arrested thousands of dangerous criminal aliens. Arrests in just the last few days include convicted murders, rapists, child abusers, drug traffickers, MS-13 gang members, cartel members. Under President…

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Feb 4, 2025

Exposing the identities of officials who do extremely sensitive work would put a direct target on their backs for China. A disastrous national security development.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Feb 4, 2025

I'd hate to see people resign and then get stiffed like the contractors on President Trump's construction projects.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Feb 4, 2025

There's no statutory authority that I can see for the president making this offer.

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Kevin Stitt
@kevinstitt· Republican · OK· Feb 4, 2025

The goal, Stitt said, is to focus on eliminating wasteful government spending, improving efficiency, and ensuring taxpayer dollars are being used effectively across state governments.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Jan 31, 2025

I will never, under any circumstances, turn this doctor over to the state of Louisiana under any extradition request.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Jan 31, 2025

Republicans are fighting to have a national abortion ban that will deny reproductive freedom to women, not just in our state, but all across America.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jan 30, 2025

The scales of justice are equally applied to everybody. We want transparency on this.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Jan 30, 2025

they're offering all of the commonwealth's resources as they respond to the small private plane crash in northeast Philadelphia.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jan 30, 2025

It's not a spectacle. This is our nation's law enforcement — judicial process.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Jan 30, 2025

the governor of Pennsylvania, Governor Shapiro, just put out a post saying that he has spoken with Philadelphia's mayor, Cherelle Parker, and he said that his team is in communication with police, the office of emergency management and…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jan 29, 2025

Parroting false Russian propaganda and spreading treasonous lies.

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Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Jan 29, 2025

It’s our responsibility to get a return for the American people.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Jan 29, 2025

This is not a place for a Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Chinese sympathiser.

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

"There was not an there was not a [Federal Aviation Administration] administrator named, okay. He's named somebody today. Great. But his decision to instead of comfort grieving families, start to play a blame game is really sickening."

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Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Jan 29, 2025

Not every acre of federal land is a national park or a wilderness area.

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Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Jan 29, 2025

Any curbs on energy production posed a national security threat.

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