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Troy Nehls
@troynehls· Republican · TX· Jul 2, 2026

Maybe not, maybe the 60% of America don’t work as hard as I do either, I mean, I don’t know.

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Brendan Boyle
@brendanboyle· Democratic · PA· Jul 2, 2026

But this is an opportunity to be part of something that’s above yourself, that truly will be special and historic.

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Brendan Boyle
@brendanboyle· Democratic · PA· Jul 2, 2026

I’m nervous. Let’s just say that right now, at the moment, I am very much a fan of Mike Johnson keeping the House in session through Thursday morning, so that way our plans for Independence Hall on July 2 aren’t negatively impacted.

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Brendan Boyle
@brendanboyle· Democratic · PA· Jul 2, 2026

I hope that after this, the spirit of this event will live on.

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Brendan Boyle
@brendanboyle· Democratic · PA· Jul 2, 2026

This is going to be truly one of the highlights of my tenure in Congress, to be sitting there where our Founding Fathers sat exactly 250 years prior, to the exact day.

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Lauren Boebert
@laurenboebert· Republican · CO· Jul 2, 2026

I wouldn’t elect somebody just for the sake of that. I do believe in proper representation and people doing the job that they were elected to do, that they swore that they would do.

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Troy Nehls
@troynehls· Republican · TX· Jul 2, 2026

She’s gotta go to sleep for a while ’cause we’re not letting anybody in anymore.

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Troy Nehls
@troynehls· Republican · TX· Jul 2, 2026

We gotta put a bedsheet ― a big bedsheet ― over the Statue of Liberty,” he said. “She’s gotta go to sleep for a while ’cause we’re not letting anybody in anymore.

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Troy Nehls
@troynehls· Republican · TX· Jul 2, 2026

“Maybe not. Maybe the 60% of Americans don’t work as hard as I do either. I mean, I don’t know,” Nehls said.

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Troy Nehls
@troynehls· Republican · TX· Jul 2, 2026

Affordability? What are you talking about?” he spouted. “I’m gonna go there tomorrow. ... I’m gonna get me a couple of big lobster tails. I’m gonna get me some nice ribeyes.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Jul 2, 2026

My piece of advice is that if anyone thinks that they might run, maybe don’t tweet after dark.

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Mike Lawler
@mikelawler· Republican · NY· Jul 2, 2026

They would have been far better off just sitting there in silence than trying to interrupt and cause a scene,

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Pramila Jayapal
@pramilajayapal· Democratic · WA· Jul 2, 2026

Thanks to Mr. Lawler’s outrageous outburst, we will not allow this to happen again,

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Josh Gottheimer
@joshgottheimer· Democratic · NJ· Jul 2, 2026

Obviously, the socialists had a big win last night. The question is, are we going to let them take over the party? Or are we going to stand up and fight back?

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jul 2, 2026

I do think that this has been grossly abused in recent years.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Jul 2, 2026

The one thing we can do is make sure the American people know what they’re doing in our name and with our tax dollars.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Jul 2, 2026

It’s a fantasy that airbrushes out the more complicated parts of our history – slavery, the Native American genocide, the actual secular ideals on which our government was founded. It wasn’t the opening of the clouds and some revealed…

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Jared Polis
@jaredpolis· Democratic · CO· Jul 2, 2026

Our communities are feeling the firsthand impacts of severe drought and imminent fire danger.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Jul 2, 2026

I can’t, in my time here in Congress, remember anything even remotely like this: watching this trusted, venerable charity organisation, the National Parks Foundation, literally be hijacked for a craven political agenda that tries to steal…

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Jul 2, 2026

And I think many people are willing to put aside differences in order to give us the best chance at winning. And I think that Abdul gives us that right now.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Jul 2, 2026

Despite our ideological differences and whatever disagreements there are in the party, every single one of us sees this moment as existential,

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Andy Ogles
@andyogles· Republican · TN· Jul 2, 2026

I refuse to let these anchor babies colonize our country. Save our sovereignty. Anchors away!

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Andy Ogles
@andyogles· Republican · TN· Jul 2, 2026

Yesterday, the Supreme Court cheapened the most valuable thing on planet Earth: U.S. citizenship.

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Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Jul 2, 2026

The Governor signed this commonsense legislation to save lives and protect law enforcement officers, kids, and families from gun violence — and the Governor remains committed to making the Commonwealth a safer home for every family.

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