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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Apr 21, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil has lived in Syria under [Bashar] Assad. He knows what an authoritarian regime looks like. And he says this is it.

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Jim McGovern
@jimmcgovern· Democratic · MA· Apr 21, 2025

I really worry that this administration is ushering in a new era of McCarthyism. And unless Congress and unless the American people stand up and push back, they will succeed.

cnn.com
Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Apr 21, 2025

I reject this draconian vision for this country that Donald Trump has. He is a dictator.

truthout.org
Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Apr 21, 2025

Through the Trump administration, ICE feels they have a right to take people from across our country, and to put them into facilities like this here in Louisiana.

cnn.com
Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Apr 21, 2025

The administration is seeking to circumscribe the constitutional rights of Rümeysa Öztürk, of Mahmoud Khalil...

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Apr 21, 2025

The purpose of Öztürk and Khalil’s detention... is for the administration to make examples of those who express viewpoints it opposes.

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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Apr 21, 2025

Like Rümeysa, Mahmoud Kahlil has committed no crime and is being punished by Donald Trump simply for exercising his right to free speech.

cnn.com
Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 18, 2025

This is not about the rearview mirror. Nobody wants to relitigate what happened. It’s about what we’re going to do going forward.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 17, 2025

If Chairman Powell can be fired by the president of the United States, it will crash markets in the United States.

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Jim McGovern
@jimmcgovern· Democratic · MA· Apr 15, 2025

Last week Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) introduced U.S. House Res. 317.

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Jim McGovern
@jimmcgovern· Democratic · MA· Apr 13, 2025

How is any company supposed to forecast for their future, build a plant, hire workers, if they have no idea what the hell this president is gonna do in his next tweet?

msnbc.com
Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 13, 2025

There is no tariff policy — only chaos and corruption.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 12, 2025

Investors will not invest in the United States when Donald Trump is playing ‘red light, green light’ with tariffs and saying, ‘Oh, and for my special donors, you get a special exemption.’

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 12, 2025

I think our secret, super-duper strategy is, just tell the truth about what’s going on.

motherjones.com
Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Apr 11, 2025

Now is the time to call your Republican senators. They know as well as anyone the damage this will cause to the U.S. economy.

msnbc.com
Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Apr 9, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Waters for her leadership, under which we have advocated to create an economy that works for all people, not just Elon Musk and wealthy billionaires. That is why I oppose this measure to overturn the…

Congressional Record · 2025-04-09
Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Apr 9, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in vigorous opposition to occupant Trump's hostile attacks, hostile and insecure attacks on Black history. Black history is American history. Dictators try to shutter museums, censor history, and whitewash the…

Congressional Record · 2025-04-09