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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 25, 2025

I just want to clarify because my colleague pounded on the desk, and that was hard for me to watch. I am not here because we haven't been trying to get a bipartisan consensus on this and calling and doing all the work. I have watched this…

govinfo.gov
Jeff Van Drew
@jeffvandrew· Republican · NJ· Feb 24, 2025

Working class people receive Medicaid as they are working […] This is not just lazy people who are sitting around not doing their job.

commondreams.org
Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Feb 23, 2025

Ignoring the guidelines and firing JAGs suggests the administration is attempting to build a military of loyalists focused less on our safety and more on loyalty to MAGA and Trump.

alternet.org
Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Feb 23, 2025

Trump and Hegseth are trying to gut the military’s leadership so they can use the armed forces to carry out their personal, political agenda.

alternet.org
Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Feb 23, 2025

In the United States Armed Forces, you swear an oath to the Constitution — not a person, not a political party.

alternet.org
Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Feb 23, 2025

Last night at the Pentagon, President Trump and Secretary Hegseth dismantled a core principle of American democracy: the apolitical military.

alternet.org
Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 22, 2025

This is what a strong president does: They get elected, especially without a mandate, without the popular vote, you come in and say, ‘I want to work with Democrats.’

nbcnews.com
Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 22, 2025

Donald Trump has thrown that out the window and is sending a dangerous message to the military.

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Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 22, 2025

They are already showing that they want to shut down the government. They're trying to shut down [the] Department of Education. They're trying to shut down USAID.

nbcnews.com
Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 19, 2025

Our federal agricultural policy is designed in such a way that the factory farm model gets all the benefits and none of the blame.

vox.com
Phil Murphy
@philmurphy· Democratic · NJ· Feb 18, 2025

The current program lines the MTA's pockets at the expense of New Jerseyans.

bbc.com
Josh Gottheimer
@joshgottheimer· Democratic · NJ· Feb 18, 2025

Today is a huge win for Jersey families, their wallets, and the environment.

nbcnews.com
Chris Christie
@chrischristie· Republican · NJ· Feb 18, 2025

an embarrassing episode for the Department of Justice [that] further undercuts the public confidence in our system of justice.

nbcnews.com
Chris Christie
@chrischristie· Republican · NJ· Feb 18, 2025

This is an embarrassing episode for the Department of Justice [that] further undercuts the public confidence in our system of justice.

nbcnews.com
Andy Kim
@andykim· Democratic · NJ· Feb 16, 2025

USAID isn’t charity. It’s a foreign policy tool with bipartisan origins.

thenation.com
Cory Booker
@corybooker· Democratic · NJ· Feb 15, 2025

Clearly this is a man that is driving an agenda that’s breaking the law, violating civil service laws, violating common sense, violating fiscal prudence, benefiting corrupt practices.

cnn.com
Josh Gottheimer
@joshgottheimer· Democratic · NJ· Feb 12, 2025

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 40 and NAY on Roll Call No. 41. ____________________

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Feb 12, 2025

They will drop out. You have priced them out of higher education.

nbcnews.com