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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 23, 2026

The bottom line is that AI needs to work for Wisconsinites and Americans should be in control of AI, not the other way around.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 23, 2026

AI is already changing the way a lot of Wisconsinites work and will change more workplaces in the future.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 23, 2026

We can and must both drive innovation and keep people safe. We’ve done it before, and we can do it again.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 23, 2026

The time to act is now because we cannot trust Big Tech to do the right thing on their own, and the public should not bear the consequences when they get it wrong.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 23, 2026

AI comes with great opportunity that we need to harness and also tremendous risks for our workforce and safety that we need to protect against.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 23, 2026

Americans need to have a say in how artificial intelligence is used in their lives, where it belongs and where it does not.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 23, 2026

DHS is also required to follow the ‘Detained Parents Directive’ (DPD), even in its weakened state, to ensure that parents are not unconstitutionally deprived of their child.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 23, 2026

As fathers, I hope we can both agree that children should not have to witness their parents being brutally arrested for civil immigration offenses.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Sep 23, 2026

USFS must make good on its word and keep Baltimore Urban Field Office employees in Baltimore so they can effectively continue their place-based and partnership-dependent work in the Baltimore area.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

Our rail workers serve an integral role in our state’s economy, keeping our transit systems in top shape so they can deliver for riders. The federal government can do its part to support our union workers and our transit systems by pushing…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

For years, this investment in research at NIH has been worthwhile. This proposal to transfer one third of the agency’s [NIAID] budget on infectious diseases is a mistake.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

Let’s be honest about what this is: a move to siphon funds away from the nation’s premier medical research agency, which struggles to fund lifesaving research, to bankroll the Pentagon, the most heavily funded agency in our government.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

The agreement sets up a path for the Department of Defense and the NIH to collaborate on chemical and biological defense research and development. That’s a good thing, isn’t it? Of course it is. But who is going to pay for it?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

We currently are understaffed when it comes to air traffic controllers. They are working six days a week on the most stressful job. Give them the pay raise that we promised and do it in a timely fashion.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

Later this afternoon, I’ll take an airplane ride from Washington to Chicago… Once again, as I’ve done thousands of times, I will entrust my safety and my future and my survival to a competent air crew, as well as the air traffic…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

I will join in supporting Senator Curtis’ request of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

Corruption at the highest levels of our government should never be tolerated.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

Children should not be at risk from lead poisoning in their own home. We have to do more to address this health hazard before it harms more kids.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

President Trump has a chance to secure the release of these detainees who have already suffered so much, and I hope he will similarly make this request of Xi during his visit.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

The meeting between the leaders of our two countries is important and timely. Both nations have a great deal to discuss, including areas of shared concern and disagreement.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

I urge all my colleagues to speak out against this ban and the President’s continued assault on free press.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

President Trump has done more to undermine, belittle, and attack the free and open press than any President in modern history.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 23, 2026

This investment is about building the future of aerospace—advancing cutting-edge research, bringing next-gen technologies to life, and creating 75 good-paying jobs.

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