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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Oct 12, 2026

He has repeatedly attacked her, Somali Americans, and Minnesotans. @Ilhan has done nothing to justify a pre-dawn raid ahead of the election. I stand with my sister always.

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanomar· Democratic · MN· Oct 12, 2026

I will not be silenced. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Oct 12, 2026

For years Donald Trump and far-right extremists have relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Omar with vile personal attacks and baseless accusations.

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Lloyd Doggett
@lloyddoggett· Democratic · TX· Oct 12, 2026

Trump is directly violating that law, lifting sanctions to permit the first Russian diesel imports into the United States since the law took effect, without satisfying the specific legal conditions it requires.

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John James
@johnjames· Republican · MI· Oct 12, 2026

Michigan is disproportionally affected by the trade war, so it's reasonable to use tariff revenue to reduce the effect on Michigan businesses and workers.

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanomar· Democratic · MN· Oct 12, 2026

This investigation is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies

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Steve Womack
@stevewomack· AR· Oct 12, 2026

“And the fix is probably going to hurt a lot of people, maybe everybody, but if the program’s going to survive, we’re going to have to do this,” he said.

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Steve Womack
@stevewomack· AR· Oct 12, 2026

“It’s time for that conflict to end, that we can get oil flowing through that Strait of Hormuz, give relief to the rest of the world and move on to the bigger threats out there,” he said. “And I think the pacing threat really right now is…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

That is why these visits are critical. And it’s why Hegseth and Trump are so deeply committed to stopping Members of Congress from seeing the consequences of the insane, voluntary war they started.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

I believe it’s important for him to understand that his nation’s relationship with America will remain fragile as long as political opponents are hunted and Trump investment opportunities are favored.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

I was furious but determined to make my time in Qatar as productive as possible.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

I told him that though I know how much pressure Trump put on Qatar to deliver the gift, we had to have zero tolerance on the corruption of U.S. foreign policy.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

I refuse to accept this moment as normal. The United States is in the middle of a massive, deadly, backbreakingly expensive war in the Middle East - a war opposed by 70 percent of Americans - and Congress has not taken one single vote to…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

I think we should welcome a lot of different people with a lot of different ideas in, and then let the voters decide.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion-dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

The best way to support our troops and our people in the region is to end this war, to unilaterally end American hostilities.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

There is a cover-up underway to try to hide from the American public the cost of this war and the debacle that it has caused in the region.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2026

I mean, listen, what I saw on the ground is a war that is spiraling out of control.

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Nathaniel Moran
@nathanielmoran· Republican · TX· Oct 12, 2026

I feel confident that there will be some kind of bipartisan tax package during the lame-duck session, and my hope would be that this, or a version of this bill, makes it into the final text.

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Nathaniel Moran
@nathanielmoran· Republican · TX· Oct 12, 2026

So I would say to those that are challenging this, I would say, well, do you want to see the stories and the movies and the TV productions that we watch go overseas, and be influenced by the culture and the values of other countries…

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Nathaniel Moran
@nathanielmoran· Republican · TX· Oct 12, 2026

Since I was a child, I was moved and inspired by the stories of America's greatness, by living out the American dream, and by the notion that I could do and achieve anything in this world, if I set my mind to it, and most of that was…

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