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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

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 16, 2025

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 Hegseth bobbed and…

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

As the United States seeks to strengthen our position in the Indo-Pacific, let us commit to Taiwan as a long-term ally.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

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 Wyden and Senator…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

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 costliest blaze in…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

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 government overreach…

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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

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 first free…

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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

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. Nearly one in…

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Lori Trahan
@loritrahan· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

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 most to them in…

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Katherine Clark
@katherineclark· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

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 authorities across the…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 13, 2025

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 TikTok, it was…

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

What Trump is saying, Jim, about he alone can negotiate a better deal just doesn't pass the common sense test.

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

I think it would be important for Congress to issue a resolution stating that we stand by the original law.

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