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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

By keeping methadone locked behind specialized clinics, we force individuals in recovery to face daily transportation burdens and institutional stigma just to stay alive.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

For too long, methadone treatment for opioid use disorder has been siloed away from the mainstream healthcare system.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

For too long, we have kept methadone – an evidence-based, life-saving medication – locked away, far from many of the people who need it.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

The Supreme Court, with the Trump administration’s poisonous thumb on the scale, is again failing the public and sacrificing our health in the process.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

States should also have the right to require more transparency from companies selling products to their residents.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

Companies should be held liable if they fail to warn Americans about carcinogens in their products, and Americans deserve to seek recourse when they are unknowingly exposed to life-threatening risks.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

In siding with Monsanto and Bayer, the Supreme Court has made clear that it prioritizes corporate immunity over the health of the American people—just like the Trump administration.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

We have a moral duty to protect TPS holders and to provide this vulnerable group a permanent pathway to citizenship.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

The far-right extremist majority on the Court has severed a critical lifeline for people seeking safety and has worsened a humanitarian crisis.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 26, 2026

The lives of over a million TPS holders who cannot return home safely are now at grave risk due to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s unlawful, racist termination of the Temporary Protected Status program.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 26, 2026

Today’s decision is devastating for thousands of our neighbors who have lived and worked in our communities for years and just had the rug pulled out from under them. Now that the Supreme Court has rubberstamped the racist policies of…

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Analilia Mejia
@analiliamejia· NJ· Jun 26, 2026

Working families are paying more for just about everything. Inflation is at its highest level in three years, while the costs of housing, groceries, and everyday essentials continue to climb.

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Andy Kim
@andykim· Democratic · NJ· Jun 26, 2026

A living wage should never be too much for anyone to ask for in this country.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 26, 2026

If you work full time in this country, you should be able to afford to live. But wages are so low that parents work 60 hours a week and still aren’t sure if they’ll have lunch money for their kids.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jun 26, 2026

Investing in community spaces is not just about buildings—it’s about creating places where young people and families feel safe, supported, and proud.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jun 26, 2026

Our immigration judges must have full protection under the law and the removals of Jackler and Jaroch are in clear violation of the Civil Service Reform Act.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

Blue slips are an important part of the Senate’s constitutional duty of advice and consent.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

Mr. Blanche has treated the Justice Department like a criminal defense firm whose sole client is President Trump.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

Throughout his tenure at the Justice Department, Mr. Blanche has used the Department as a shield to protect the President and his MAGA allies and as a sword to attack his political opponents.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

The next time this Committee meets, it will be to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche to be Attorney General of the United States.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

But the fight is not over. I, along with my Democratic colleagues, will continue to push back against harmful partisan policies that put women’s health and autonomy at risk.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2026

It is astonishing that in America today, women have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers did.

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