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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Mar 5, 2025

I hope that Donald Trump has enough humanity to recognize that releasing Derek Chauvin would cause untold injury to George Floyd’s family.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

We must find out what is going on in the federal government. And the way we do that is bringing Mr. Musk before this committee.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

These cuts will make it harder for veterans to get health care and benefits.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Trump wants to fire 83k VA workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, decimating the VA.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Mar 5, 2025

sadly another example of blatant disrespect for the law.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

I did not hear one word from Trump tonight about the economic reality facing 60 percent of our people [who live paycheck to paycheck], or the enormous stress that they are living under.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Trump claimed that millions of dead people between the ages of 100 and 360 were collecting Social Security checks. That is an outrageous lie intended to lay the groundwork for cuts to Social Security.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Mar 5, 2025

Sadly another example of blatant disrespect for the law.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

The PRO Act is long overdue and I am proud to be introducing this bill.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

My constituents in Vermont and constituents all over this country want to know what the hell is going on with the federal government right now.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

However, the billionaire class is fighting with all its might to put down attempts by workers to exercise their constitutional right to unionize.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Never before in the history of our nation have income and wealth inequality been greater than today.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Congress has an urgent responsibility to ensure that workers can join a union and negotiate for higher pay, better benefits, and safer workplaces.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Supporting the immediate reinstatement of Member Wilcox and the swift passage of the PRO Act would be major steps toward building real worker power.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

No, we’re not going to cut Social Security. Quite the contrary, we must expand Social Security benefits and extend its solvency for the next 75 years.

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Dan Newhouse
@dannewhouse· Republican · WA· Mar 5, 2025

We cannot ignore the wilful disruption intended to stop a proceeding

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Dan Newhouse
@dannewhouse· Republican · WA· Mar 5, 2025

We cannot ignore the willful disruption intended to stop a proceeding.

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Dan Newhouse
@dannewhouse· Republican · WA· Mar 5, 2025

Without decorum, without respect, what do we got? What do we have, truly?

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