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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 30, 2025

Mr. President, I rise today to speak out on behalf of the American people about the Trump administration's unjust and unconstitutional cutoff of Federal grants and assistance programs. Donald Trump's administration isn't governing. It is…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-30
Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 30, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Bianca Routt, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Congressional Record · 2025-01-30
Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 28, 2025

You met with the prime minister. You talked about vaccinations. You met with an anti-vaccine influencer who described the meeting as, quote, profoundly monumental for this movement. So what happens? Vaccinations go down. There's a measles…

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 27, 2025

Madam President, I rise today in opposition to Scott Bessent to be the next Secretary of the Treasury and in support of tens of millions of working families who need a government on their side. The Treasury Secretary is one of the…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-27
Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 24, 2025

Madam President, we are about to have a monumental vote out here on the floor of the U.S. Senate on who will become the next Secretary of Defense for the United States of America. The defense budget in the United States is $900 billion…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-24
Katherine Clark
@katherineclark· Democratic · MA· Jan 23, 2025

Mr. Speaker, Republicans have one goal today, and that is a march toward a national abortion ban. They want it so desperately that now through this bill they are treating doctors like criminals, demonizing heartbroken women, and accusing…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-23
Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 23, 2025

Mr. Speaker, it is another day under a Republican majority and of an antiscience, antifacts healthcare agenda. I don't know which is worse: the cruelty or the ignorance on full display here across the aisle. I would ask my colleagues if…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-23
Steve Lynch
@stevelynch· Democratic · MA· Jan 23, 2025

Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, I rise in strong opposition to the expansionist rhetoric that President Trump is directing toward America's strongest and longstanding…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-23
Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 23, 2025

Mr. Speaker, how cruel it is that Republicans in Congress would deny them that small comfort? In these dire situations, families forego treatment which has no hope of saving their baby's life and instead spend time comforting them and…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-23
Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 23, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of Christian Jose Fidalgo Barros, who was called to be with his Lord in Heaven far too soon. After Christian's first birthday, he was diagnosed with a rare form of high-risk neuroblastoma…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-23
Lori Trahan
@loritrahan· Democratic · MA· Jan 22, 2025

Mr. Speaker, we are more than 3 weeks into January, yet Republican leadership in this Chamber has failed to call a vote on a single piece of legislation to address the pressing needs of hardworking families. There has been nothing to ease…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-22
Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

there he is making his speech after he's been inaugurated as president and it's still full of how he was wronged and he was the one who was mistreated.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

ever since Donald Trump has said a big part of his argument for being president is that it would be about retribution. It would be about vengeance and he used it today.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

the president, President Biden, should answer for himself, but it's a sad day in America when someone leaving office has to look around and say, am I facing a new president and a new administration who's going to come after my family just…

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

Well, it attacks the very foundation of our democracy because it tries to whitewash what was clearly an insurrection.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

My job is the same as my job has always been. I took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

Republicans want to cut health care, food assistance for ‘tax giveaways’ to the rich.

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