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

As bad as you might have heard the bill is, in reality, it’s actually worse.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 16, 2025

Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to reject Pete Hegseth as the next Secretary of Defense. Pete Hegseth is the most unqualified nominee for Secretary of Defense in our Nation's history. At his confirmation hearing, Pete…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-16
Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

Madam President, we are in a climate emergency. Over just the past few months, powerful hurricanes and severe wildfires have caused nearly one-half of a trillion dollars in estimated damage. The Los Angeles fires are estimated to be the…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-15
Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 33, the United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act. This bill codifies the strong partnership between the United States and Taiwan by granting benefits to Taiwan's residents that…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-15
Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

Mr. President, I rise today to stop the unnecessary and devastating consequences that will result from a ban on TikTok in the United States. In a few moments, I will ask unanimous consent that the Senate pass my legislation with Senator…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-15
Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

Mr. President, I am disappointed that my colleagues have objected to this simple legislation. I recognize the national security risk here. But the fearmongering about the supposed anti-American content on TikTok is the exact type of…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-15
Lori Trahan
@loritrahan· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

Madam Speaker, House Republicans have a big vote planned for today. Now, I wish I was talking about a bill that will lower costs for hardworking families or help more Americans buy a home, the issues that so many people told us mattered…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-14
Katherine Clark
@katherineclark· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

Mr. Speaker, every single parent worries about their kids' safety. Every parent wants their daughters to be treated fairly including on the sports field. That conversation is being had among parents, schools, experts, and sports…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-14
Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

Madam Speaker, for too long, our Nation's criminal legal system has been wrought with systemic injustices and biases and has prioritized cruelty at the expense of rehabilitation and justice. That is why we have a mass incarceration crisis…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-14
Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

Madam Speaker, I rise today to call out harm and hypocrisy. This bill, H.R. 28, is couched as a bill that protects children when it does the exact opposite. Madam Speaker, this bill not only erodes Federal protections for our kids, but it…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-14
Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

Madam Speaker, this weekend in my district, the Massachusetts Seventh, community members came together to celebrate Haitian Independence Day. There was much soup joumou, freedom soup, that was consumed. On January 1, 1804, Haiti became the…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-14
Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 13, 2025

Mr. President, I rise today to address the profound economic, social, and political importance of TikTok's creators and the serious consequences of a nationwide TikTok ban. When the Senate passed legislation last year authorizing a ban on…

Congressional Record · 2025-01-13
Katherine Clark
@katherineclark· Democratic · MA· Jan 3, 2025

The GOP promised to make life easier for working families. Now, they want to slash your school budget, raise your grocery costs, and hike your energy bills—all to pay for billionaire tax cuts.

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Katherine Clark
@katherineclark· Democratic · MA· Jan 3, 2025

We will not allow Republicans to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food assistance to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. No way.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Dec 26, 2024

It's up to Congress and in particular, Republicans in Congress, to put the well-being of the country ahead of Donald Trump's ego on this issue.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Dec 26, 2024

Not just bipartisan, Jim, but also tripartite -- Congress, the president and an appeals court have all said that this law is valid. And the reason that this law is valid is that its meeting and National Security imperative.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Dec 26, 2024

This is undermining the ideological coherence of the next generation of Americans, and we have every reason to insist that while people can post whatever they want, the manner by which that content reaches eyeballs is not going to be…

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