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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Sep 30, 2026

That’s why I called on OpenAI to reconsider its release of GPT-6 Astra, and why I’m pressing for answers on a number of questions that remain around these models – namely their safety.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Sep 30, 2026

While I’m glad to see OpenAI hold the release of its latest model, GPT-6.1 Astra, this decision should come as yet another warning sign to those who want to proceed recklessly with the continued development of frontier artificial…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 30, 2026

There was nothing untoward about Special Counsel Smith and his fellow prosecutors conducting this investigation. The aspersions cast on Mr. Smith nonstop are petty, personal, and political.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 30, 2026

Every day, our first responders risk everything to keep families safe and protect communities across Upstate New York. This more than $13.2 million in federal investments will put critical resources directly into the hands of…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 30, 2026

President Trump rolled out the red carpet for Xi. Rather than confronting China’s unfair trade practices, technology theft, complicity in attacks against our troops or economic and military aggression against our allies, President Trump…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 30, 2026

We will compete successfully with China only through sustained investment in our own strengths, close coordination with allies and an unwavering defense of our democratic values.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 30, 2026

The American people deserve leaders who fight for their financial security and defend our national interests with purpose and measured strategy, not pageantry.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 30, 2026

Diplomacy with China remains vital to preventing conflict and protecting American interests, but it must ultimately produce results for hardworking Americans.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 30, 2026

No Presidential pet project should receive greater urgency than protecting the people who fly through the National Capital Region every day.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 30, 2026

The Trump Administration’s failure to faithfully and urgently implement NTSB’s recommendations is compounded by FAA and DoD wasting finite time and attention to stroke President Trump’s fragile ego by focusing efforts on approvals for the…

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Sep 30, 2026

These last two years have been just a cesspool of coercion. I’m not prepared to say that I know that there’s illegal activity here that will result in the revocation of contracts, but I do know that there’s all kinds of dirty conflicts of…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Sep 30, 2026

That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna· Democratic · CA· Sep 30, 2026

The tech lords use jargon to confuse. They count on the tech illiteracy of the elected class. They hope we won’t look under the hood.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Sep 30, 2026

Tonight, 47 senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the nine Americans killed on the West Bank and for Palestinians who face injustices daily.

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Lee Zeldin
@leezeldin· NY· Sep 30, 2026

One camp consists of 'people who seek to use the coalition to try to advance a cause [and] that you could tell in the way they engage in rhetoric and tactics that they don’t support President Trump,' Zeldin told me.

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Lee Zeldin
@leezeldin· NY· Sep 30, 2026

For Zeldin, who sat for an interview with The Free Press during a recent swing through New York, there are two camps of MAHA activists.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Sep 30, 2026

It’s not enough for us to just tell states to consider making data centers pay for grid upgrades.

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· Sep 30, 2026

The data centers, complements mostly of John Husted, were given two and a half billion dollars in tax subsidies to come to Ohio.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 30, 2026

The Atlanta Fed says 5.1% economic growth expected in the third quarter.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 30, 2026

The conditions are there for this to take off, and that’s why the stock market indexes are high, that’s why job numbers exceed expectations.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 30, 2026

We restored not just American energy dominance and peace through strength, but a vibrant economy.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 30, 2026

What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already, and that is putting the conditions in place for a strong America.

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Deb Haaland
@debhaaland· Democratic · NM· Sep 30, 2026

I can’t say why people are coming out to vote and why people want to build this momentum in New Mexico for Democrats, but it’s happening.

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