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Brian Kemp
@briankemp· Republican · GA· May 11, 2026

We respect the decisions of the legislative branch, and all I can tell you is that branch sent us a bill to sign, and that’s what we’re going to do.

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Brian Kemp
@briankemp· Republican · GA· May 11, 2026

We have heard for years about the need for property tax relief in Georgia, and this bill delivers on that issue.

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Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs· Democratic · AZ· May 8, 2026

We have seen what happens when these types of [voucher] programs lack accountability, transparency, and oversight.

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· May 1, 2026

I don’t know why you would do it.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 28, 2026

I would also point out that the United States is using force to block energy from going to Cuba, and that has led to the cancelation of 100,000 surgeries in hospitals, including 11,000 for children. It has led to massive power blackouts…

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Apr 28, 2026

I just want to say I am from Florida, and I probably have more Cuban Americans in my State than anywhere else in this country. This is really important. The Cuban regime has just been despicable. They have killed Americans, and they have…

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 12, 2026

What we have done – let me also point out, Margaret, by the Trump administration releasing sanctions on Russian oil, that's $10 billion to Putin.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 12, 2026

The ability to protect our soldiers would require, every estimate I have seen, at least 10,000 troops guarding a perimeter.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 12, 2026

No American should forget this is a war of choice chosen by the president.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 12, 2026

This is a war of choice chosen by the president.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 12, 2026

This is extraordinarily complicated. The fact that the president acts like he's surprised the Iranians closed the strait or would attack our Gulf allies, anybody who would have read the intelligence would've known that was first.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I'm thinking about these families. I'm thinking about the families of our service members who -- right now who are afraid to pick up the phone because they're afraid to hear what is on the other end of the line.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

There's three things you always hope for as a soldier, right, that war should always be the last resort, that the second piece should always be that you are clear about your mission and clear about your endgame.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

Let's not confuse military success with the United States military with strategic success.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I feel like we are lurching into another one of these forever wars that we're asking the American people to pay for.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think the president still does not have a full articulation as to why gas prices are going up in the first place or what's going to be necessary or required to be able to bring them down.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think, with any important relationship, there needs to be accountability.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I'm praying for the leadership of this country that they will make decisions with them and their families in mind, and not just simply make decisions that I think have been just wrong-headed and foolish on their face.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

War should always be the last resort, that the second piece should always be that you are clear about your mission and clear about your endgame.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think that the relationship with Iran right now is -- is not just broken, but I'm not sure if there has been an articulation of what the path forward is.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

That's nonsense. And that's not what the federal government should be doing.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think the U.S. relationship with -- with Israel is -- is an important relationship. But I think, with any important relationship, there needs to be accountability.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think that -- that the relationship with Iran right now is -- is not just broken, but I'm not sure if there has been an articulation of what the path forward is.

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