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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· May 24, 2022

How many more people will die before this country says, enough is enough? I will say it today. It is enough.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· May 24, 2022

We all know that it is a crisis, but we need to do something about it.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· May 24, 2022

Now what we need is a bill on the floor of the House, which is controlled by Democrats, which will limit or eliminate ownership of assault weapons by ordinary people that are not involved in law enforcement or the army and make all kinds…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· May 24, 2022

If we can't clearly and unequivocally condemn the actions of white supremacists, or simply acknowledge the January 6, 2021, attack on our Capitol for what it was, an insurrection, we fan the flames of hatred and violence.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on opioid usage across the Nation.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

I think that`s right. And this -- your clip is particularly valuable because this is a former officer of the United States Armed Forces who served her country, which is more than I can say for most of the Republicans who ran around through…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

These people mean to harm the United States of America. And they are far worse than either what -- even what Carlson was saying there.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

in reserving the right to object, if the Senator from Florida's bill were to pass, it would make routine domestic spending bills nearly impossible to be passed in the U.S. Senate, freezing spending at current levels. I worry that the…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

one of the ways you try to save money is, again, not with rhetoric but with reality. I would urge everybody to join with us on both sides of the aisle who are working to get our appropriations bills together so we can reflect the actual…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

in reserving the right to object--and I will--I think back over the years to some of the debates. I remember, during the Reagan administration, when we heard so many speeches from President Reagan and his supporters on how they had to…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

When you consider that something like two-thirds of the Republican delegation in the House of Representatives voted to overthrow the election, these people hate America.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

68 percent of the people in this country believe that Roe versus Wade should not be overturned. That`s going to create some really serious headwinds in places like Georgia, where there are a lot of moderate voters who might lean Republican…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

I think he`s nuts. Denying that the election was fair. How do you think all of those Pennsylvania voters are going to go to the ballot, go to the voting booth believing that they want somebody like that to appoint their secretary of state?

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· May 18, 2022

Parents want answers to what this president is doing.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· May 18, 2022

Murdoch has harmed this country more than any other human being in my lifetime and he should never have been given citizenship.

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· May 18, 2022

234,088 illegal immigrants crossed the southern border last month. That is a record-breaking number that I take no pleasure in saying aloud. This surpassed the previous record of 221,303 set just in March. In President Biden's first 15…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· May 17, 2022

I want to thank you and the administration for once again including $20 million in funding in the President's budget to support the EPA's Geographic Program for Lake Champlain.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· May 16, 2022

For many years, and through many budget reviews, I have asked and received enthusiastic answers about the Adaptive Engine Transition Program.

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