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Airing the speech on streaming services was not an 'adequate substitute for free, over-the-air television—particularly for Americans without reliable broadband access.'

Regardless of political affiliation, the American people deserved to hear this information directly from their President and judge it for themselves.

The public airwaves should inform the American people, not be used by corporate executives to decide which matters of national importance they are permitted to hear.

The atmosphere of disarray and gridlock and dysfunction and chaos in Washington doesn’t serve the American people.

I certainly have nothing against an academic expertise. I think you know that that’s important, and it’s too often ignored in some of the appointments that we’ve seen around here lately.

Isn’t it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have to indulge the president’s delusions?

When he’s not posting, he’s been trying to rob us. Have you seen it?

All this while you pay more for gas, for groceries, for healthcare.

He's a failed president and a national disgrace.

The American economy is heavily leveraged on the success of artificial intelligence, and this is an issue that I’m very interested in—been engaging and talking to folks in the industry and folks outside of the industry, various…

Director Vought, you’ve spent the last 18 months decimating the CFPB and its consumer protections, and I think families across America will be that better off when you’re gone.

But thanks to you, there are now families who cannot buy a house. They are hounded by debt collectors, and they’re denied business loans all because they got sick.

It seems to me that this shouldn’t be a partisan issue. People on both sides of the aisle know that medical emergencies can happen to anybody.

CFPB, by its nature, is advocating for everyday consumers, and I don’t see how any of your actions suggest that you’ve been advocating for the people that I represent.

That is why I am proud to advance WRDA 2026. This bipartisan legislation empowers the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to enhance our waterways, which are vital for the nation's economic strength, reliable supply chains, and commercial…

One of the most significant things they’re trying to do is that they’re trying to weaponize despair. ... They’re trying to convince us that they’ve already won, and if you’re convinced that they’ve already won, then you stop fighting.

I’m sorry that the people of Georgia so hurt Donald Trump’s feelings that he can’t get over 2020, even after he won 2024. I suggest he go see a therapist.

Urging Trump to 'crush' the Iranians, he then claimed that America is 'the big boy on the block.'