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Adrian Smith
@adriansmith· Republican · NE· Feb 25, 2025

The American people want us to have a thoughtful exchange here. I will hopefully contribute to that, especially when I hear some of the accusations made that are just off base, misleading, and false. Warren Buffett has paid a record amount…

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Adrian Smith
@adriansmith· Republican · NE· Feb 25, 2025

The American people want us to have a thoughtful exchange on this. Let's elevate the debate and stick to the facts, realizing we can do well for the American people by doing so.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 24, 2025

Measure twice before cutting.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 24, 2025

Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 24, 2025

House leadership to prove to us that $880 billion in cuts to E&C won’t overly cut Medicaid.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 19, 2025

Congress is not going to cut our military by 40%.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 18, 2025

You can't appease a dictator or someone who wants to invade. You got to stand up to the dictator.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 18, 2025

He is a war criminal, and I think -- I, Chairman Wicker, is a smart man, and I think he's -- he's got moral clarity on this issue.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 18, 2025

Ukraine is the victim and I would ask that our president stand on the side of freedom, the side of democracy, the side of the victim, not the invader, and stick up for what's right.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 18, 2025

Well, the president needs a do over day and start again. He took a bad turn. I think what he said is wrong, and I just -- and it's a shame. I think many Republicans, I'm not saying all, but many Republicans know what the president said…

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 12, 2025

I think the speaker had a better plan.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Feb 12, 2025

Congress has decided to self-neuter ... and when the Congress neuters itself and gives power to an unaccountable fourth branch of government, it means that people are cut out of the process.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 12, 2025

I believe Trump doesn’t want to undermine Medicaid.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Feb 12, 2025

Well, someone is now looking out for the American people—Donald Trump.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Feb 12, 2025

There's no verse of Schoolhouse Rock that says give a whole bunch of power to the alphabet soup agencies and let them decide what the governance decisions should be for the people because the people don't have any way to fire the…

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Deb Fischer
@debfischer· Republican · NE· Feb 11, 2025

The Treasury Department’s payment system contains extremely sensitive and confidential data.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 10, 2025

Congress has to catch up to the plan or the president’s plan has to be revised. Because the law is law.

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