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Greg Stanton
@gregstanton· AZ· Oct 19, 2026

I’m a member of Congress and I know where the FEMA office is, I can walk down there from the Capitol.

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Mike Rogers
@mikerogers· Republican · AL· Oct 19, 2026

We must enhance our national security, boost our economy, and protect unborn lives.

alabamareflector.com
Deb Haaland
@debhaaland· Democratic · NM· Oct 19, 2026

Let’s be clear: Universal childcare is an economic driver for our state. It creates jobs, it allows parents to have the jobs that they need to have. Everyone deserves to have a living wage.

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Deb Haaland
@debhaaland· Democratic · NM· Oct 19, 2026

I know what it’s like to not afford childcare and to have to clean up my child’s preschool so that I could actually afford the tuition bill. I want to see whatever we can do to make sure that we can keep it available. In my opinion, early…

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Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Oct 19, 2026

I am just telling you … in the spirit of listening to people, that is not what the people want.

michiganadvance.com
Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Oct 19, 2026

If and when we come back to power, and we will, we are not going to look kindly on people who facilitated… authoritarianism in our country.

dailycaller.com
Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Oct 19, 2026

I want [young people coming out of school] to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, so let me avoid participating in that.’

dailycaller.com
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Oct 19, 2026

I’m traveling nonstop. Forty districts across 22 states this month alone. I’m going to the swing districts. I’m going to the places that the pollsters and the pundits say we’re going to lose.

rollcall.com
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Oct 19, 2026

Even even some of our own candidates who are doing internal polling, even they have a hard time getting Republicans to respond to polls because Republicans don’t trust pollsters anymore.

rollcall.com
Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· Oct 19, 2026

He gave up Ohio’s money, our tax money, to Meta, a company worth $2 trillion, to make sure they come to Ohio.

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Jimmy Panetta
@jimmypanetta· Democratic · CA· Oct 19, 2026

An envelope containing a suspicious white powder was delivered to my Santa Cruz district office and opened by staff this morning as part of her normal daily morning routine responding to constituents.

rollcall.com
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Oct 19, 2026

I’m looking right into the camera and telling you the polls are wrong.

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Matt Gaetz
@mattgaetz· Republican · FL· Oct 19, 2026

Jane Doe Strikes Again! Two adult women sued me today alleging they were sex trafficked to the Bahamas. I'm shocked nobody responded to their repeated cries for help, posted to instagram.

reason.com
Matt Gaetz
@mattgaetz· Republican · FL· Oct 19, 2026

The lawsuit relies almost exclusively on a Congressional Committee report that didn't allow me to confront my accusers.

reason.com
Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Oct 19, 2026

The most common thing I've heard, whether I'm in Kansas or Wisconsin or Michigan, is we want a new generation of leaders and we want big and bold ideas.

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Mary Gay Scanlon
@marygayscanlon· Democratic · PA· Oct 19, 2026

We’ve heard a lot of people having fears about this election, and I just want everybody to know we’ve got this.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 19, 2026

Because of the President’s decision, heroic Ukrainian men and women fighting for sovereignty, freedom, democracy will die. Innocent civilians will die. President Trump’s action will only prolong this war and reward the criminal invader.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 19, 2026

Vladimir Putin must be ecstatic. The President has made America an ally of Russia in its battle against democracy. How shameful.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Oct 19, 2026

The decision by President Trump to exempt Russia from energy sanctions is a betrayal of the bipartisan will of Congress - and of the American people - and a betrayal of his own action to impose tough sanctions on Russia just a month ago.

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Andy Kim
@andykim· Democratic · NJ· Oct 19, 2026

I think of health care for children in particular being really an investment in this country. Healthier kids mean healthier adults, which means a healthier workforce, which means a more productive economy.

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Andy Kim
@andykim· Democratic · NJ· Oct 19, 2026

Over 23 million kids are underinsured, which means their coverage isn’t meeting their needs. That’s absolutely an abomination, in my opinion.

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanomar· Democratic · MN· Oct 19, 2026

The raid was vindictive, retributive, and politically motivated.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Oct 19, 2026

Democrats in Congress have proven that we are not afraid of impeachment in any way. At the same time, having been through the prior two, we also understand it’s not a panacea.

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