"There are serious questions about whether you should have recused yourself from this matter."
"After the deadly crash near Reagan National Airport, FAA closed the helicopter route involved, but a lack of coordination between FAA and the Department of Defense has continued to put the flying publ..."
"We don't live in a dictatorship or a monarchy. Trump's will is not the guiding doctrine of the nation."
"For weeks and weeks we've been waiting for Secretary Noem to come before our committee."
"YOU have betrayed the sacred fundamentals of your oath; YOU are not fit to hold the office."
"You don't behave like someone who takes that oath seriously."
"No one’s irreplaceable. People retire, people move on."
"Michelle and I send our congratulations to a fellow Chicagoan, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. This is a historic day for the United States, and we will pray for him as he begins the sacred work of leading..."
"We cannot defend the status quo. We have to agitate for change."
"The most important endorsement is the people of Illinois."
"A lot of people feel like the American dream is out of reach right now, and it’s made even more impossible because of the economic chaos that Donald Trump and DOGE and Elon Musk have unleashed."
"I didn’t find a single Democrat who disagreed with me that this CRA was terrible policy."
"If your goal is to launder money, these bills are set up really well to do it."
"You should be asking me hard questions about that, right? It’s insane."
"There is going to be a massive financial crisis driven by crypto."
"The economic chaos of the first 100 days of Trump’s second term spurred me to run."
"If I had any doubts about running for the Senate, I think they were erased after what we’ve seen in the first 100 days of the Trump administration."
"the writing's on the wall"