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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Aug 14, 2025

He’s the leader of the free world, the President of the United States of America, he’s in office right now, and he’s attacking the market-based economy.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Aug 14, 2025

I’m always in favor of talking, and we’d all like to see peace, but I’m very worried because, from day one, while Donald Trump said he was going to end the war in Ukraine, he has been played like a fiddle by Vladimir Putin.

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Aug 14, 2025

We’re gonna support doing this in other cities, if it works out in Washington, D.C.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 14, 2025

If you lift that cap, we can substantially increase benefits, which is what we’ve got to do, and extend the life of Social Security for many, many decades.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 14, 2025

Trump and Musk have also absurdly and quite intentionally lied to the American people, by suggesting that millions and millions of people who are between the ages of 140 and 360 years of age are receiving Social Security.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 14, 2025

This is a huge fight. We have the American people behind us. Let’s win it.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 14, 2025

A billionaire pays the same amount into the Social Security Trust Fund as somebody who makes $176,000 a year.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Aug 14, 2025

For all the talk Republicans give about giving their localities their rights, where are they now?

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Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Aug 14, 2025

I know what it's like for families today. I got things done to lower costs. That's what I'll do as governor, too.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 14, 2025

Despite its popularity and despite its success, Trump and [Elon] Musk and others have been working overtime to try to dismantle Social Security and importantly, undermine the confidence that the American people have in it.

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Adam Smith
@adamsmith· Democratic · WA· Aug 14, 2025

If Democrats take back the House, we will exercise aggressive oversight to stop him from taking over the military and using it for domestic enforcement.

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Randy Feenstra
@randyfeenstra· Republican · IA· Aug 14, 2025

Maybe some of you don’t always think it’s beautiful. I do.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Aug 14, 2025

By putting in place responsible work requirements, now it’s going to help the truly needy be able to get better care in programs like Medicaid.

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Gregory Meeks
@gregorymeeks· Democratic · NY· Aug 14, 2025

This administration continues to do irreparable harm to America’s credibility and global leadership as it retreats from defending human rights abroad.

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