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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 18, 2025

No one is buying the notion that Republicans are actually trying to improve wasteful spending.

newsweek.com
Lee Zeldin
@leezeldin· NY· Jul 18, 2025

This reduction in force will ensure we can better fulfill that mission while being responsible stewards of your hard-earned tax dollars.

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Lee Zeldin
@leezeldin· NY· Jul 18, 2025

Under President [Donald] Trump's leadership, EPA has taken a close look at our operations to ensure the agency is better equipped than ever to deliver on our core mission of protecting human health and the environment while Powering the…

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
@robertfkennedyjr· Democratic · NY· Jul 18, 2025

We have now this epidemic of immune dysregulation in our country, and there’s no way to rule out vaccines as one of the key culprits.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
@robertfkennedyjr· Democratic · NY· Jul 18, 2025

Senator, if I advised you to swim in a lake that I knew there to be alligators in, wouldn’t you want me to tell you there were alligators in it?

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 18, 2025

Republicans want a country where politicians choose their voters, not the other way around. It reeks of desperation.

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 18, 2025

Elected officials should earn the support of voters they hope to represent.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 18, 2025

Cuts to foreign aid will make Americans less safe. It will empower our adversaries.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2025

I know we had some instinct that this would happen, something would happen.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2025

That’s why our one time $3 billion inflation rebate is now a $2 billion inflation rebate, cutting a program that I believe in, but also trying to be cognizant of the fact that we may need that money for future challenges.

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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2025

A non-binding resolution—or any action that doesn't require the release of the Epstein files—is nothing more than a political smokescreen designed to shield Republicans who refuse to demand full transparency and accountability from the…

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2025

Present day may not be kind, but history will be kind.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2025

I, as a Democrat, support the Democratic nominee. It’s disappointing to see how people want the party to rally behind the nominee when that nominee is them—and then that principle gets thrown out the window when the nominee is someone they…

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Lee Zeldin
@leezeldin· NY· Jul 17, 2025

[If] someone comes in, forces you to defend yourself, the government shouldn’t be forcing you to run away.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2025

We have closed 62 other locations.

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2025

If there was any system that could guarantee each person housing — whether you call it the abolition of private property or you call it a statewide housing guarantee — it is preferable to what is going on right now.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2025

I’m going to tell them that 700,000 small property owners deserve to have modest increases so they can ensure the sustainability of their buildings.

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