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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jun 9, 2026

We would have had a lot of them, but some of our Republican state legislators basically threatened them in an open committee meeting, saying they might pull their projects from the road plan.

kentuckylantern.com
Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jun 9, 2026

So, I want to thank everybody who had the courage to say, ‘I want gas to cost less in my community,’ but gas is going to go up in a lot of Kentucky by 10 cents where it didn’t have to.

kentuckylantern.com
Pete Ricketts
@petericketts· NE· Jun 9, 2026

There is no way that men should be playing women’s sports or boys should be playing girls’ sports.

nebraskaexaminer.com
Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jun 9, 2026

In the greatest country in the world, we cannot resign ourselves to the fact that many children still struggle to read at grade level and that only one in three students leave high school as proficient readers.

hassan.senate.gov
Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jun 9, 2026

So I lowered the gas tax by 10 cents. I have the power to do that for 30 days, and then county judges or mayors have to ask to re-up.

kentuckylantern.com
Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jun 9, 2026

During a cost-of-living emergency for families and small businesses, Senate Republicans today — over bipartisan opposition — pushed through legislation that puts the interests of the President over the pocketbooks of the American people.

hassan.senate.gov
Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Jun 9, 2026

I attempted to force an 'AI Bill of Rights' through the Legislature, but White House pressure killed the bill in the state House.

floridaphoenix.com
Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jun 9, 2026

“While so many people in Congress are refusing to follow that oath of office, refusing to do their job, refusing to be a separate branch of government and a check on an out-of-control president, Zach Dembo believes in that oath,”

kentuckylantern.com
Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jun 9, 2026

Granite Staters and Americans see the President’s failures every day on gas station signs, grocery store receipts, electric bills, and at the pharmacy counter.

hassan.senate.gov
Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jun 9, 2026

Gas prices are too high due to the continued war in Iran, and Americans – including right here in Kentucky – are struggling. Every dollar counts, and my executive order lowered gas and diesel prices across the state to help our families…

kentuckylantern.com
Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Jun 9, 2026

America’s drug epidemic spares no party, family, or state. We all know someone who has been impacted by the heartbreak of losing a family member or friend to drugs, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Naloxone saves lives. The more we…

markey.senate.gov
Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Jun 9, 2026

As governor, I promised to open the doors of opportunity, and I meant that in ways both big and small. Today, we’re giving fans another opportunity to get to the game.

newjerseymonitor.com
Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Jun 8, 2026

“Free and fair elections are a foundation of our democracy. Part of that fairness is making sure only United States citizens are voting for our leaders,”

rounds.senate.gov
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jun 8, 2026

Fraud warnings were elevated to the most senior levels of the Minnesota state government, meaningful corrective action was delayed or avoided, and payments continued long after credible signs of fraud emerged.

foxnews.com
Jim Pillen
@jimpillen· Republican · NE· Jun 8, 2026

The hard core reality is that … there are some bad people that come here.

nebraskaexaminer.com