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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Apr 30, 2026

Mr. Speaker, we can reconcile the essential constitutional values of the country with the national security of the country. This 45-day continuation is a mandate. It is a mandate to the Speaker to allow the House to finally come together…

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Apr 29, 2026

None of the bills that we consider have all the things we would like to have in them, but in testimony from Avril Haines, who headed up the DNI under the Biden administration, she believes this is absolutely essential. Other members of the…

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Apr 29, 2026

Now our colleagues, rather than deal with the reality of what they have created, a monster year with American citizens being shot down in cold blood at point blank range, in Minneapolis Alex Pretti and Renee Good--rather than deal with…

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I'm thinking about these families. I'm thinking about the families of our service members who -- right now who are afraid to pick up the phone because they're afraid to hear what is on the other end of the line.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

There's three things you always hope for as a soldier, right, that war should always be the last resort, that the second piece should always be that you are clear about your mission and clear about your endgame.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

Let's not confuse military success with the United States military with strategic success.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I feel like we are lurching into another one of these forever wars that we're asking the American people to pay for.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think the president still does not have a full articulation as to why gas prices are going up in the first place or what's going to be necessary or required to be able to bring them down.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think, with any important relationship, there needs to be accountability.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I'm praying for the leadership of this country that they will make decisions with them and their families in mind, and not just simply make decisions that I think have been just wrong-headed and foolish on their face.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

War should always be the last resort, that the second piece should always be that you are clear about your mission and clear about your endgame.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think that the relationship with Iran right now is -- is not just broken, but I'm not sure if there has been an articulation of what the path forward is.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

That's nonsense. And that's not what the federal government should be doing.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think the U.S. relationship with -- with Israel is -- is an important relationship. But I think, with any important relationship, there needs to be accountability.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I think that -- that the relationship with Iran right now is -- is not just broken, but I'm not sure if there has been an articulation of what the path forward is.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

I'm thinking about the families of our service members who -- right now who are afraid to pick up the phone because they're afraid to hear what is on the other end of the line.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 5, 2026

The best thing that we could do to be able to address gas prices is by stop fighting foreign wars and stop watching gas prices jump up over $1.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Apr 3, 2026

You’ve turned the People’s Department of Justice into Trump’s instrument of revenge.

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