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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 4, 2026

I’m proud I was able to successfully deliver this federal funding for such a transformational organization, and I’m even prouder to see this investment in action today.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 4, 2026

Our nation faces a shortage of workers in the skilled trades and an ongoing housing crisis, and this training program is exactly what is needed to solve both those challenges.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 4, 2026

Revolution Workshop is proof that when we create pathways to good-paying construction jobs, we can uplift and build entire communities.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 4, 2026

Vote-by-mail is safe and secure. Trump himself voted by mail just last month. He knows he’s failing the American people, so he’s doing everything he can to rig the midterms.

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Lloyd Doggett
@lloyddoggett· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 2026

The IRS should never be a weapon to punish a president's political enemies.

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Rosa DeLauro
@rosadelauro· Democratic · CT· Sep 4, 2026

These funds were provided for lifesaving medical research, not as extra money for the Department of Defense.

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Jim McGovern
@jimmcgovern· Democratic · MA· Sep 4, 2026

Your administration just killed a 6-year-old boy and at least 4 other people at a family wedding in Iran. Sounds like war to me.

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Rosa DeLauro
@rosadelauro· Democratic · CT· Sep 4, 2026

Circumventing Congress to divert money intended to help Americans who are exposed to HIV, influenza, tuberculosis, and other deadly diseases—and directing those funds to the Department of Defense—is beyond the pale.

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Rosa DeLauro
@rosadelauro· Democratic · CT· Sep 4, 2026

This secretive attempt to siphon research funds away from NIH is outrageous. The interagency agreement needs to be terminated immediately.

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Greg Casar
@gregcasar· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 2026

If we allow Artificial Superintelligence to be built, it could risk the security, freedom, and lives of Americans.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 4, 2026

The leaders of the major AI companies publicly acknowledge that they do not fully understand the technology and that it is escaping their control. It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even…

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Brett Guthrie
@brettguthrie· Republican · KY· Sep 4, 2026

Without further legislation, the threats facing our kids will continue.

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Kathy Castor
@kathycastor· Democratic · FL· Sep 4, 2026

There may be some things to codify that are contained in that settlement, so it doesn’t just apply to Meta, it applies to all platforms.

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Erin Houchin
@erinhouchin· Republican · MN· Sep 4, 2026

We shouldn’t consider the outcome, though, of a court case as a reason to stop our work.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Sep 4, 2026

What we don’t want in the state of Florida is to have a digital AI surveillance state where everything we’re doing is being tracked at all times.

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Tom Barrett
@tombarrett· MI· Sep 4, 2026

I can’t control what the president’s going to say at the convention, but I can control where I’m at, what I’m doing.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Sep 4, 2026

People are really angry at Trump, and meantime, he’s spending all of his time on, you know, gilded bathrooms and turning the Reflecting Pool into the ‘strait of warm ooze,’ and scrawling his name on the Kennedy Center, and ripping off the…

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Sep 4, 2026

I was on the road for nine days. I did not see a single MAGA hat or a single MAGA sign anywhere, and I was in mostly rural districts.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Sep 4, 2026

When we contemplate impeachment, we have to be realistic about the Republican Party as an authoritarian cult of personality.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Sep 4, 2026

There are certainly more than a dozen impeachable offenses.

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Don Beyer
@donbeyer· Democratic · VA· Sep 4, 2026

“This project is not even close to being ready for prime time. The Administration has not won the legal battle over the proposal, which is plainly illegal without congressional authorization,” Beyer said in a statement.

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Sep 4, 2026

“The people are now empowered to decide what the congressional map should look like in November, not Donald Trump and corrupt Republicans,” Jeffries said.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 4, 2026

“Americans are fed up with Trump, his failed war, and his rising costs. But instead of facing the voters, Trump is trying to make it harder for them to vote and hold him accountable for his horrific agenda.”

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