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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 2026

Maintaining connectivity in every school and library is therefore an investment in America’s technological leadership, economic competitiveness, and national security.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 22, 2026

Do you see anything wrong with the chain of events that I just articulated for you? I mean, that's an extraordinary story: an $8 million donation; two days later, a meeting of those donors with the president; an immediate phone call to the…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 22, 2026

I think it's careful wording that your goal will be to not shut down advisory committees. That's not a commitment.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 22, 2026

This is one of our biggest and most important facilities in the Gulf region. I’ve been to the Middle East at least a dozen times as a Member of Congress, and I’ve never been denied access to military facilities. This is part of a…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 22, 2026

Seeing it all for myself - wondering whether our flight would be able to leave as the Houthis targeted the Riyadh airport - reinforced for me, in a unique, personal way, the ongoing, compounding disaster Trump has caused.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 22, 2026

Congress - not the President - decides questions of war, and we cannot exercise our warmaking power or our power to appropriate or withhold funds for war without seeing it firsthand.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 22, 2026

This is a president who is showing just humiliating levels of incompetence in war making, and escalation is just going to bring more misery for the American taxpayers and for people who live in that region.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 22, 2026

They don’t expect a president to use the most powerful office in the world to pad his own bank account.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 22, 2026

People work hard, pay their taxes, and expect their government to work for them.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 22, 2026

This resolution was an opportunity to shed light on a reality that flies in the face of that principle.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 22, 2026

Moreover, the proposal is likely to undermine public markets, increasing off-exchange trading and compromising the integrity of a transparent, national pricing benchmark for NMS stocks.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Oct 22, 2026

This is an unacceptable example of an unelected staffer obstructing Congress from obtaining critical information on the killing of American citizens and violence in the West Bank.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Oct 22, 2026

Unfortunately, these judges are serving at a time when our judiciary faces unprecedented challenges.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Oct 22, 2026

Committee Republicans have now wasted months in their attempt to undermine Mr. Smith’s investigations into President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and illegally retain highly classified government documents.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Oct 22, 2026

Withdraw from this agreement, rescind General License No. 135, and execute the authorities provided under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Oct 22, 2026

It is vital to understand the threats to due process and judicial independence posed by this Administration’s restructuring of the immigration court system.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Oct 22, 2026

My staff have observed that these new courtrooms are not just housed within DHS facilities, but DHS is controlling access to the facilities.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Oct 22, 2026

DOJ regulations require that members of the public, including family members and loved ones, have access to immigration courts—but my staff documented DHS officials, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Oct 22, 2026

And it has been an honor to do my small part in Congress to support you all.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Oct 22, 2026

Every single person and partner in this room has worked alongside MxD to bolster our national security, our economy, and our competitive advantage in the world.

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