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Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Aug 7, 2026

Attacks on synagogues, mosques, churches and other houses of worship are unfortunately on the rise in Michigan, and across the country.

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Aug 7, 2026

Every worker in America deserves the chance to rest, recharge, and spend time with the people they love without worrying about missing a paycheck.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 7, 2026

It’s not a radical idea to require companies in America to provide at least two weeks of paid vacation to their workers. What’s radical is that millions of Americans are not only working longer hours for lower wages, but that they do not…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 7, 2026

We hear a lot of talk about family values in America, but let’s be clear: When a husband, wife, and kids, during the course of an entire year, are unable to spend any time together on vacation, that is not a family value. That is an attack…

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Aug 7, 2026

From record-breaking heat waves to extreme flooding displacing public housing residents, Americans are feeling the parallel impacts of the housing and climate crisis. Now more than ever, it is integral that Congress put forward bold…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 7, 2026

What the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act does is say that yes, we can create decent and affordable public housing for more than 1.5 million Americans that is based on energy efficiency and sustainable sources of power. And that when…

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

New Mexicans know the true cost of uranium mining. Across our state, abandoned uranium mines have poisoned our land, threatened our water, and harmed generations of families.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

The communities of the Chama Valley – acequia farmers, Land Grant communities, Tribal members, ranchers, and rural families – have cared for their land and water for generations.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

Farmers, ranchers, and families across the country are hurting. This is our opportunity to support families, strengthen rural America, and ensure our producers have the tools they need to succeed.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

The Farm Bill must meet the needs of families and farmers in New Mexico and across America. This Republican bill fails to do so.

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Adam Schiff
@adamschiff· Democratic · CA· Aug 7, 2026

This bill will help the Pit River Tribe manage the Four Corners site as their ancestors did.

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Adam Schiff
@adamschiff· Democratic · CA· Aug 7, 2026

I am proud to see our legislation to help the Pit River Tribe restore their ancestral homelands and promote Tribal sovereignty advance out of committee.

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Kevin Cramer
@kevincramer· Republican · ND· Aug 7, 2026

Military chaplains shouldn’t have to check their faith at the door when they put on the uniform.

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Cynthia Lummis
@cynthialummis· Republican · WY· Aug 7, 2026

This proposed rule by the Trump administration is a good first step, and I will keep working with Secretary Burgum and my colleagues to see it through to full delisting.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 7, 2026

Bankruptcy is often a painful last resort for small business owners. This bill makes permanent a quicker and cheaper pathway for entrepreneurs to settle debts, keep the lights on, and keep serving their neighbors.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton
@eleanorholmesnorton· Democratic · DC· Aug 7, 2026

Because there is no limit on how long personal information can be exploited, Congress must protect these federal employees and contractors in perpetuity.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

I think today, unfortunately, we are not finding that balance. We are not moving forward on legislation from many of my colleagues that would conserve public lands in their states in the way that their communities would like to see.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

But that work cannot be one-sided—only advancing bills that remove protections, and not those that add them.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

At a time when energy prices are skyrocketing, this administration should be focused on making energy affordable and increasing grid capacity — not hamstringing a program that has consistently reduced bills for American families.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez
@teresalegerfernandez· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

The Chama watershed is too precious to sell off to a foreign corporation. At a time when every drop of clean water matters, we should protect the rivers that sustain our communities—not open the door for a foreign mining corporation to…

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

These cherished lands and waters must be protected for future generations. That is why I’m leading this legislation to permanently withdraw the Chama Watershed from mineral development.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Aug 7, 2026

We will not allow a foreign mining company to threaten the Chama Watershed with radioactive uranium waste. That is unacceptable.

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