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Eleanor Holmes Norton
@eleanorholmesnorton· Democratic · DC· May 7, 2025

Throughout my career in Congress I’ve passionately defended home rule and DC’s right to govern itself.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· May 7, 2025

I’ve heard that number, and I’ve heard others, as well, but it’s still an ongoing discussion amongst the members.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· May 7, 2025

I think the lower chamber can complete its work on the budget resolution by Memorial Day.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· May 7, 2025

We want to make sure that most of the constituents, that the large share, the vast majority of the constituents of the affected districts, are covered by that.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· May 7, 2025

As the previous administration made it painfully clear, executive orders can be undone and overwritten, and that’s why we have to move it through the legislative process — and we are.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· May 7, 2025

A Congress that more and more appears to just be a joke, is now advancing a bill that literally started off as a joke.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· May 7, 2025

The Trump Tax Scam forces oil and gas lease sales — no matter the cost — even on lands tribes, ranchers, and local communities have fought to protect.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· May 7, 2025

If Big Oil, Wall Street, and MAGA cultists locked themselves in a room to write a wish list, this bill would be it.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· May 7, 2025

It torches clean air and water protections, hands over our public lands to polluters at fire-sale prices, and rigs the rules so oil executives can rubber-stamp their own permits in secret.

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Elise Stefanik
@elisestefanik· Republican · NY· May 7, 2025

We’ve negotiated in good faith on SALT from the start—fighting for the taxpayers we represent in New York.

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Elise Stefanik
@elisestefanik· Republican · NY· May 7, 2025

It’s not just insulting—it risks derailing President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

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Elise Stefanik
@elisestefanik· Republican · NY· May 7, 2025

A higher SALT cap isn’t a luxury. It’s a matter of fairness.

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Bob Menendez
@bobmenendez· Democratic · NJ· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sound the alarm that sensitive data for millions of Americans is at risk. Many of us have heard of the scams, data breaches, and hacks that have plagued businesses and individuals for years. Unfortunately, the…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Sara Jacobs
@sarajacobs· Democratic · CA· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Magaziner for championing this issue and fighting to address the malnutrition of millions of children around the world. Every year, about 45 million young children worldwide suffer from severe malnutrition…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Mike Lawler
@mikelawler· Republican · NY· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Baumgartner). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York? There was no…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Juan Ciscomani
@juanciscomani· Republican · AZ· May 7, 2025

My neighbors, people my kids go to school with depend on Medicaid.

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