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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jun 18, 2025

I think I understand where that’s at.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 18, 2025

I do not think there's support in this country for the United States to go to war again in the Middle East.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jun 18, 2025

This unlawful policy is a smokescreen to deny Member visits to ICE offices across the country, which are holding migrants – and sometimes even U.S. citizens – for days at a time.

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Jun 18, 2025

We can’t take our foot off the gas pedal until Iran is brought to its knees.

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Andy Kim
@andykim· Democratic · NJ· Jun 18, 2025

She's weaponizing the Department of Homeland Security. She is taking so many actions right now that are making us less safe.

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Adam Schiff
@adamschiff· Jun 18, 2025

It's really hard to imagine someone doing a worse job as the secretary of homeland security.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Jun 18, 2025

I'm the ranking member on the committee, and I have to have a working relationship with the secretary.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Jun 18, 2025

The deployment is a chaotic escalation.

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Michelle Lujan Grisham
@michellelujangrisham· Democratic · NM· Jun 18, 2025

I appreciate our federal partners for taking this threat seriously and for doing their part in supporting the responders who are working their hardest to protect the community.

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Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Jun 18, 2025

She has, frankly, not been in much control of policy. I see her more as a bystander.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Jun 18, 2025

Noem falsely said Padilla did not identify himself before he was forced out.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Jun 18, 2025

The curfew played into the hands of federal officials who were attempting to depict Los Angeles as out of control.

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Andy Kim
@andykim· Democratic · NJ· Jun 18, 2025

She’s weaponizing the Department of Homeland Security.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 17, 2025

Another war in the Middle East could cost countless lives, waste trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 17, 2025

Our Founding Fathers entrusted the power of war and peace exclusively to the people's elected representatives in Congress.

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Bob Menendez
@bobmenendez· Democratic · NJ· Jun 17, 2025

I'm the victim of a political 'witch hunt' and 'weaponization' at the Justice Department.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 17, 2025

He understands the struggles working-class communities are facing in Detroit and across the country because he's lived those struggles himself.

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