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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 27, 2026

The Gas Money Saved Act helps to deliver what American families need: more efficient vehicles to save on fuel costs and breathe cleaner air.

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Summer Lee
@summerlee· Democratic · PA· Jun 27, 2026

Workers deserve the freedom to change jobs, seek higher wages, and leave unsafe or exploitative workplaces without being threatened with crushing debt.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 27, 2026

Big corporations always find a way to squeeze the little guy.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

I am hopeful that I am wrong about these negotiations. I am hopeful that new leverage will materialize, but I don't see any leverage at all.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

The gun lobby has a habit of arguing that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. The gun lobby says the answer to gun violence is more guns. Well, we proved that if you pass legislation that just makes it a…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

Four years ago, after the awful shooting in Uvalde, four senators got together, supported by another bigger ring of bipartisan senators, and we were able to come up with a bill that was not perfect, was not everything that I wanted, or…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

This is maybe the secret sauce. This is maybe the biggest explanation as to why numbers are going down. What we find in community after community that are plagued with high rates of gun violence is that it is normally a very small group of…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

This is all good news. There are more people alive today because something is changing in America, and while it is still unacceptable that we are averaging a mass shooting every day in this country, the numbers are unquestionably heading…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

[Tax breaks] are designed to compensate for a rigged system. Why don’t we just unrig the system?

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

People don’t want to be written a check. People want to work for pay.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

The business community cried murder, and the job losses they predicted did not materialize.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

The way you solve people’s basic economic problem — not having enough money to pay the bills — is by making a minimum wage be a living wage.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

Democrats need to offer solutions that are as big as the problems people are facing.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jun 27, 2026

Team Maryland’s top priority is delivering for our communities, and yesterday’s meeting was an opportunity to discuss the ways that we continue to work together for our great state.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 27, 2026

The brave Artemis II crew broke new frontiers for space exploration and proved to the next generation of young scientists that anything is possible.

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Blake Moore
@blakemoore· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2026

I am proud to have secured over $30 million for our communities, addressing critical needs in infrastructure and public safety.

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Mark Takano
@marktakano· Democratic · CA· Jun 27, 2026

“Third parties hold data on individual patients and pricing for drugs and procedures,” said Congressman Mark Takano.

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Rob Garcia
@robgarcia· Democratic · KS· Jun 27, 2026

I think the single most bipartisan issue in the country is the Epstein files investigation.

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna· Democratic · CA· Jun 27, 2026

I’ll give the survivors credit, but I did coin the phrase ‘Epstein class’ because they’re a group of rich and powerful people who are not playing by the rules, and it offends the sense that we have one tier of justice.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 27, 2026

I run the protection program. I’ll take care of you. We’re going to win the midterms.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 27, 2026

They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they’ll go after the president’s family, the cabinet, his donors and friends, half of you in this room will be targeted.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 27, 2026

If we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats, y’all impeachment’s not even the big concern.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 27, 2026

The danger that we have right now is the energy, the excitement, the grassroots operation, the money is on the side of the insurgent left and they are openly running as Marxists, communists, for Congress!

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 27, 2026

Right now the foundations of America are under violent and unprecedented attack, and you know that that is true.

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