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Josh Green
@joshgreen· Democratic · HI· Aug 15, 2026

We're hoping that it's going to be sufficiently far south that we just get the periphery of the storm, but, no promises, we've seen storms turn.

cbsnews.com
Patrick Morrisey
@patrickmorrisey· WV· Aug 14, 2026

West Virginians have made tremendous progress cleaning up and recovering from these storms, but there is still a lot of work ahead in some of our hardest-hit communities.

westvirginiawatch.com
Patrick Morrisey
@patrickmorrisey· WV· Aug 14, 2026

I’m hopeful that Kennedy Lewis and the entire Greenbrier team will help restore the beauty of the resort to its former glory.

westvirginiawatch.com
Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Aug 14, 2026

I’ll work with the with the legislature to see exactly where we go with this. But I’ve been very clear about where my guidelines are.

marylandmatters.org
Ned Lamont
@nedlamont· Democratic · CT· Aug 14, 2026

We’re going take care of them as best we can.

ctmirror.org
Greg Gianforte
@greggianforte· Republican · MT· Aug 14, 2026

You want wages to go up faster than inflation, but I don’t want to minimize at all the affordability issues.

dailymontanan.com
Greg Gianforte
@greggianforte· Republican · MT· Aug 14, 2026

Because of our policies, basically letting people keep more of what they earn, getting rid of excessive regulations, we’re one of only two states where wage growth has actually exceeded inflation over the last five years.

dailymontanan.com
Greg Gianforte
@greggianforte· Republican · MT· Aug 14, 2026

If you want jobs, you need employers, and government doesn’t create jobs.

dailymontanan.com
Greg Gianforte
@greggianforte· Republican · MT· Aug 14, 2026

This investment means more investment in our communities and opportunities for Montanans across the state, especially right here in the Flathead.

dailymontanan.com
Mike DeWine
@mikedewine· Republican · OH· Aug 14, 2026

They've filled jobs, repaired homes, paid taxes, started businesses and supported their families.

reason.com
Jeff Landry
@jefflandry· LA· Aug 14, 2026

The governor always gets an opportunity to keep a special session card in his desk drawer.

lailluminator.com
Jeff Landry
@jefflandry· LA· Aug 14, 2026

We're not going to allow people to weaponize our criminal justice system. I mean, that creates a banana republic state.

lailluminator.com
Jeff Landry
@jefflandry· LA· Aug 14, 2026

No one believes that this grand jury just, you know, on its own took up this matter.

lailluminator.com
Jeff Landry
@jefflandry· LA· Aug 14, 2026

I'm not going to be speaking to them personally until this investigation is done, until I know who did what, what happened and why it happened and the way that it transpired.

lailluminator.com
Mike DeWine
@mikedewine· Republican · OH· Aug 14, 2026

If you look at the growth in the state of Ohio in the last 10 years and that continued this last year, 60% of our growth in the state has come from immigrants.

ohiocapitaljournal.com
Mike DeWine
@mikedewine· Republican · OH· Aug 14, 2026

But the administration has ended their Temporary Protected Status, a move I have vocally opposed.

reason.com
Mike DeWine
@mikedewine· Republican · OH· Aug 14, 2026

In Springfield, Ohio, Haitian nationals have played a major role in the city's economic comeback.

reason.com
Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Aug 14, 2026

As advances in quantum computing increase cybersecurity threats to the United States, we must continue to strengthen protections for our nation’s most sensitive data.

coons.senate.gov
Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Aug 14, 2026

There’s no better place to celebrate than at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

rounds.senate.gov