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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Apr 30, 2024

I think Xi Jinping is an intelligent person, that military action is not the right path for him to consider for a lot of reasons.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Apr 30, 2024

The limited and delayed campus law enforcement response at UCLA last night was unacceptable and demands answers.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

I would say there is a lesson here for both of us, and one of those is to make clear I am always ready to take your calls, your meeting, whatever you want and engage.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 30, 2024

We are not going to give you these documents because sharing information would violate our First Amendment rights.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 30, 2024

I think that the investigation contains an awful lot of material that the public needs to see.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

We are delighted to be able to move the legislation today.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

Thank you for your comments. Always thoughtful, always thoughtful.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

You and our colleagues have heard me invoke in this room more times than I can count the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way I want to be treated.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

Thank you for your passion, and I would ask that we spend the rest of this day dealing with this and seeing if we can't work this out.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

If I had known--as you know, the breadth of the issues that we cover in this Committee are enormous. It is impossible for any of us to fully master each of them.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

But my hope is, on a serious note, my hope is that the issues we just discussed... we can keep at it today and see if we can't find a way to yes that is reasonable and acceptable to all of us.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

There is a good compromise out there, and I think if we are smart and don't give up today, we will find it.

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Thomas Carper
@thomascarper· Democratic · DE· Apr 30, 2024

Thank you for those words, and thank you for your partnership.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Apr 30, 2024

I've never heard a negative word from a veteran about the treatment.

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