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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 31, 2022

But the bottom line, a democracy is about majority rule and respect for minority rights. And we don’t have that right now.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 31, 2022

Well, no one -- no previous president has ever done what he did. I mean, he basically stole documents -- and I say stole -- that are top secret. And no private citizen has authorization to do that. So it’s illegal.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 30, 2022

This democracy that we have depends on the peaceful transfer of power, the acceptance of the decision of the American people about who they want to be their president.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 30, 2022

If you are had secret documents in our home, we wouldn’t be discussing the contents of the documents, we’d be wondering how long we’re going to spend in jail. This is serious.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 30, 2022

Trump did something that appears to be blatantly illegal. And he is now trying to delay as he usually does.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 30, 2022

That just doesn’t happen. It’s never happened. Whether it’s been a Republican Party or a Democrat Party.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 30, 2022

President Trump has promoted the big lie, and this is all part of it.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 12, 2022

As many of my colleagues know, I have worked for years to protect patient access to pharmacies across this nation. It is the intent of the United States House that this legislation, and in particular, Section 1860D-14C(c). MANUFACTURER…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Aug 12, 2022

Tennesseans are hurting from the skyrocketing cost of living everywhere they turn. Now, it seems as if the United States has entered into a spending-induced recession caused by the irresponsible fiscal policies of President Biden and…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2022

we are fighting for working families who today are falling further and further behind. We have zero Republican support and taking on the insurance companies, the drug companies, the fossil fuel industry, the big money interests, who are…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2022

Well, look, I have, and I think we should be honest about that. And make it clear that unfortunately, right now, and unbelievably, you have many, many Republicans, who are kind of giving up on democracy and want to move us into an…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2022

there is something fundamentally absurd, when the United States is the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2022

If Congress does not begin to respond to the pain that so many of our people are feeling, they're going to say, why do I want to believe in democracy?

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2022

the function of health care is not to make the insurance companies tens of billions of dollars a year in profit, the function of healthcare is to provide quality care to all people in a cost effective way.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2022

Trump's big lie, this mythology that he actually won the election is part of that effort.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 9, 2022

this planet faces an unprecedented crisis in terms of climate change. And the scientists tell us that we got a few years to begin to turn around and transform our fossil fuel system, this bill and the best thing about this bill is it puts…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 6, 2022

section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 6, 2022

section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…

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