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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Sep 22, 2026

And you don't—and just in life in general—life doesn't wait for you to be ready for things. Sometimes life just makes things ready for you.

reason.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Sep 22, 2026

There's an argument that some make that this is a very unique political window and, oftentimes in politics, you do only get one shot.

reason.com
Mary Peltola
@marypeltola· Democratic · AK· Sep 21, 2026

We live and die by federal agencies and the federal employees who keep those agencies going.

alaskabeacon.com
Mary Peltola
@marypeltola· Democratic · AK· Sep 21, 2026

We are being priced out of petroleum, and we’re being priced out of our lives in Alaska, because of the war in Iran.

alaskabeacon.com
Mary Peltola
@marypeltola· Democratic · AK· Sep 21, 2026

Our fight is not against small and mid-size boats that keep communities like Kodiak strong. It’s against the out of state corporate greed that leads to wanton waste and damage to our sea floor.

alaskabeacon.com
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 21, 2026

I find many of his personal characteristics lacking. Particularly, as I talked about, the lack of focus can be problematic for our country.

southdakotasearchlight.com
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 21, 2026

If the voters don’t start voting for thoughtful problem solvers a little more often, then I think we’re going to continue to find it hard to get things done quite as often as we should in D.C.

southdakotasearchlight.com
Derek Schmidt
@derekschmidt· KS· Sep 21, 2026

What we have to have is DOJ follow the one we’ve got. Don’t make us pass another law. Just release what you’ve got.

kansasreflector.com
Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Sep 21, 2026

So there hasn’t been any change in qualification. If you qualify for Medicaid, you’re going to continue to get Medicaid. If you’re able to work, we want you to go to work.

virginiamercury.com
Shomari Figures
@shomarifigures· AL· Sep 21, 2026

That’s why it is vital that we continue to push back against these redistricting efforts, against the gerrymandering efforts that we’re seeing across the country.

ohiocapitaljournal.com
Andy Biggs
@andybiggs· Republican · AZ· Sep 21, 2026

First of all, that particular bill was so poorly crafted that the Fraternal Order of Police and the Arizona Association of Police opposed it.

salon.com
Andy Biggs
@andybiggs· Republican · AZ· Sep 21, 2026

Whatever she wants to say, it’s bogus, it’s crap and it’s a lie.

salon.com
Jodey Arrington
@jodeyarrington· Republican · TX· Sep 21, 2026

It's going to require both parties to take this on. We have to work together, Democrats and Republicans.

rollcall.com
María Elvira Salazar
@maraelvirasalazar· Republican · FL· Sep 20, 2026

The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.

cbsnews.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 20, 2026

One is too many, but the fact that we have 300,000 cases we’re looking into right now and 1,620 cases that are under investigation, and 151 arrests is unacceptable.

dailycaller.com
María Elvira Salazar
@maraelvirasalazar· Republican · FL· Sep 20, 2026

He created this- he has forced the bad actors like Delcy, because she was next to Maduro, and we know that they were not good people for the Venezuelans.

cbsnews.com
María Elvira Salazar
@maraelvirasalazar· Republican · FL· Sep 20, 2026

I think that some of his advisers are compromising his legacy, and I think it's my duty- it's my duty not to attack- there are no attacks here.

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María Elvira Salazar
@maraelvirasalazar· Republican · FL· Sep 20, 2026

No other president was able to convince the- the Hispanics to vote 55 points for a GOP president. Please preserve that fortune that you have brought to the party.

cbsnews.com
Ro Khanna
@rokhanna· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2026

Winning an AI war is like winning a nuclear war. It is catastrophic for civilization.

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