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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

I am here for now the 21st in my series of speeches about the scheme to capture and control our Supreme Court, a scheme to which rightwing special interests have devoted hundreds of millions of dark money dollars. The ingredients in this…

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 18, 2023

Building off of the success, Rhode Island is currently pursuing an additional procurement for offshore wind that will more than double this capacity and put our state on the path to 100 percent renewable energy by the end of this decade.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

the world has really witnessed for the last 12 years the horrors carried out by the Assad regime against the Syrian people

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

We also need to make sure that, as we discussed in our previous round of questioning, we explore all options for monitoring and eliminating terrorist threats emanating from Afghanistan.

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

Going forward, we must make sure that we learn the lessons from withdrawal, that we work across agencies in an entirety-of-government approach to ensure that we maintain the capabilities necessary to meet terrorist threats wherever they…

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

We must learn from the withdrawal and ensure that in the future when the U.S.

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

That Trump-Taliban deal did not include a comprehensive cease-fire, did not include any plan for providing protection for Afghan nationals...

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

We must also focus on the fact that many terror groups have begun using the internet to systematically radicalize individuals already living in the United States.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

We passed the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act last Congress, a bill I worked on with Senators Grassley and Durbin and Leahy and Congresswoman Spartz here in the House, to make sure that we had additional ways to hold war criminals…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

To run an unjust tax system that creates bigger deficits for the sake of wealthy political influence is not a good place for the United States of America to be.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

Thank you, Chairman Wilson, and thank you to you and Ranking Member Phillips for calling this important hearing.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

I think that the earthquake and the Russians' manipulation of the UNSC authorizations of U.N. agencies tells us that the United States and other major donors and Turkiye need to explore large-scale national aid in a continuum outside the…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

the 2023 humanitarian response plan for Syria is only funded at 6 percent

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

It is vital that terrorist organizations like AQ and ISIS, which have been diminished due to the sacrifice of American service members, our NATO allies, and other partners, never regain the capability to launch a large-scale attack on the…

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Seth Magaziner
@sethmagaziner· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

I will take that as a sign that the brinkmanship over raising the debt ceiling will end in the interest of national security, although I am not optimistic.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

the humanitarian toll has been catastrophic as hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions more have become refugees

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Apr 17, 2023

I watched that get dramatically worse after the Citizens United decision, when wealthy special interests could spend unlimited amounts of money in politics.

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