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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· May 2, 2025

Trump Republicans are hellbent on making California smoggy again.

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Janet Mills
@janetmills· Democratic · ME· May 2, 2025

Well, we did see him in court, and we won.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· May 2, 2025

Today is the culmination of a movement that has swept across the state and our country.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· May 1, 2025

Musk’s DOGE helped crystallize the framework for what the Texas agency would do.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· May 1, 2025

The idea we are going to whack friend and foe alike undermines our national security and, frankly, makes us not a good partner going forward.

cbsnews.com
Kevin Stitt
@kevinstitt· Republican · OK· May 1, 2025

Every time I've heard President Trump talk about this, he's talking about making sure we know who's coming in our country.

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Kevin Stitt
@kevinstitt· Republican · OK· May 1, 2025

We don’t have the huge bureaucracies to cut that the federal government did.

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· May 1, 2025

I rise to recognize Maj. Colleen Randolph, U.S. Marine Corps, for her distinguished and exemplary service, on the occasion of her transfer from the U.S. Marine Corps Office of Legislative Affairs to the Nation's best service academy, the…

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Apr 30, 2025

Our office is unable to assist you in this legal matter.

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

This is the president's decision and the White House's decision, so we follow his direction and his legal scholars and attorneys.

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

The termination was set to take effect April 7.

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Apr 30, 2025

Many of us are fighting the fights we can, but it's the court of law that should have the last word. I hope that we finally see some backbone out of some of the Republicans in Congress to stand up to the courts to enforce their orders…

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Apr 30, 2025

We are. I think that no one is above the law. The thought that we've got an administration that is just blatantly violating court orders should, I think, scare everybody. This is a very serious moment.

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Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Apr 30, 2025

Eighteen billion might seem like a big number. It’s not a big number if we’re managing $100 trillion in assets.

vox.com
Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Apr 30, 2025

Drill, Baby, Drill! Map, Baby, Map! Mine, Baby, Mine! Build, Baby, Build!

vox.com
Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Apr 30, 2025

In our time, President Trump’s energy dominance can be America’s big stick that will be leveraged to achieve historic prosperity and world peace.

vox.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 30, 2025

the Constitution of the United States puts two powers clearly--clearly--within the hands of Congress: the power to tax and the power to conduct trade policy, including the imposition of tariffs. These are powers for Congress, not the…

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