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Dorothee Bär
@dorotheebr· Christian Social Union of Bavaria· Jul 16, 2026

Wir wollen dafür sorgen, dass wir es möglichst schnell nach der Sommerpause auf den Weg bringen.

We want to ensure that we can get it on the way as quickly as possible after the summer break.

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Dorothee Bär
@dorotheebr· Christian Social Union of Bavaria· Jul 16, 2026

auch für die ESA genau die Exzellenz liefern zu können, für die wir bekannt sind.

to be able to deliver exactly the excellence for which we are known, also for the ESA.

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Friedrich Merz
@friedrichmerz· Christian Democratic Union· Jul 16, 2026

Wir haben viel erreicht, aber es ist noch lange nicht genug.

We have achieved a lot, but it is still not enough.

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Friedrich Merz
@friedrichmerz· Christian Democratic Union· Jul 16, 2026

Das ist alles nicht ausreichend, um dahin zu kommen, wo ich uns gerne wieder sehen möchte - nämlich als eine der leistungsstarken Volkswirtschaften in Europa.

This is all not sufficient to get to where I would like to see us again - namely as one of the strong economies in Europe.

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Friedrich Merz
@friedrichmerz· Christian Democratic Union· Jul 16, 2026

Ich gebe zu, das ist eine erhebliche Belastung meiner persönlichen Glaubwürdigkeit.

I admit, this is a significant burden on my personal credibility.

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Thorsten Frei
@thorstenfrei· Christian Democratic Union· Jul 16, 2026

Ich finde das extrem befremdlich.

I find that extremely strange.

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Mykhailo Fedorov
@mykhailofedorov· Independent· Jul 16, 2026

I don't need to be minister of defense just to be minister of defense. I need this position so we can win this war.

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Laura Trott
@lauratrott· Conservative Party· Jul 16, 2026

Either Labour think [sic] 16 & 17 year olds should be on social media or they don't, but curfews they can switch off won't achieve anything.

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Thomas Massie
@thomasmassie· Republican · KY· Jul 16, 2026

Netanyahu said he wants to reduce Israel's dependence on US aid; let's start now.

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Thomas Massie
@thomasmassie· Republican · KY· Jul 16, 2026

I'm concerned that the other funding mechanisms that they're talking about, or commingling our technology and supply chains, will have even less transparency than what's going on here today.

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Thomas Massie
@thomasmassie· Republican · KY· Jul 16, 2026

I'm opposed to all foreign aid. I didn't pick on Israel here. I proposed an amendment to defund Egypt and also to defund the aid to Jordan…but I am particularly concerned this year about the foreign aid to Israel.

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 16, 2026

When we pass a stock-trading ban, it will apply to members of Congress, along with the president, the vice president, and members of his corrupt administration.

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jul 16, 2026

I don’t have a lot of confidence in that bill. The original bill that I had was the bill they should have passed. We need to eliminate stock trading by members of Congress.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jul 16, 2026

I expect that meeting to occur before I’m willing to vote out of this committee and I’m trying to get to ‘yes,’ but this is a very important part of getting to ‘yes,’

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Joe Morelle
@joemorelle· Democratic · NY· Jul 16, 2026

It’s so filled with holes it would make Swiss cheese blush.

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