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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 19, 2022

Mr. Speaker, today's vote is about love. The love that couples have for each other and the government's role in respecting that love regardless of their sex or race. Same-sex couples and interracial couples get married for the same reason…

Congressional Record · 2022-07-19
Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Jul 19, 2022

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act. Like many Americans, I was deeply disturbed by Justice Thomas' opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson, which actually named marriage equality as the next piece of…

Congressional Record · 2022-07-19
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 19, 2022

Well, it would require the disclosure of political contributions in a race over $10,000. And it includes campaign advertisements for justices as well as campaign advertisements for political candidates.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 19, 2022

Far-right special interests turned their dark money guns on the federal judiciary.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 19, 2022

What do you bet, whoever wrote that $17 million check has business in front of the court? And we should know that. Citizens should know that.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 19, 2022

Now, we have a court going wild. In a matter of days, the newly radicalized court overturned Roe v. Wade, manufactured new polluter-friendly legal documents, and threw out centuries-old gun safety regulations.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 18, 2022

Only 25 percent of Americans say they have confidence in the Supreme Court.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 18, 2022

They see Government actually erasing rights on which generations of Americans relied.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 18, 2022

I submit to you that the distress in our Republic has much to do with corrupting political influence acquired via unlimited, anonymous dark money.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 18, 2022

If we get rid of the damned stuff, this horrible decade of dark money corruption can come to an end.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 18, 2022

Twelve years after Citizens United, Americans know something is deeply amiss in our democracy.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 18, 2022

if the government can target one community, they can target any.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Jul 18, 2022

We have a right to our data and a right to know how it's used and accessed, especially by large corporations and law enforcement.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 18, 2022

We need to pass the DISCLOSE Act so citizens can see who is spending big money in politics.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 18, 2022

Poll after poll shows Americans overwhelmingly by margins of 85 to 90 percent want this.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Jul 14, 2022

Madam Speaker, earlier this week, I led my Democratic and Republican colleagues in introducing legislation to eliminate discrimination against parents and guardians with disabilities. Together with Representatives Bass, Bacon, Fitzpatrick…

Congressional Record · 2022-07-14