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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 7, 2026

For generations, senseless conflict and bureaucratic barriers have kept California Tribes from managing their ancestral lands.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 7, 2026

These bills would correct our nation’s labor laws to bring economic justice for farm workers and equip the USDA with more tools to integrate worker perspective, priorities, and staffing to better represent its farm and food system workers.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 7, 2026

As the Trump Administration continues to target farm and food system workers, I will keep fighting to make sure our essential workers are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve for their back-breaking, critical work.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 7, 2026

Farm and food system workers are essential to feeding our country and bolstering California and the nation’s economy, but for far too long, they have been unjustly excluded from protections extended to other workers, have inadequate…

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Aug 7, 2026

From Joint Base Lewis-McChord to Fairchild Air Force Base and everywhere in between Tribal Nations—like Yakama, Suquamish, and many more—do critical work to support military installations in Washington state and throughout the country…

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Maria Cantwell
@mariacantwell· Democratic · WA· Aug 7, 2026

Between Washington and Oregon, we've hit a record for the amount of acreage that has been burning.

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Maria Cantwell
@mariacantwell· Democratic · WA· Aug 7, 2026

We must re-emphasize that current use of the SAVE program for list maintenance is illegal, and efforts to coerce states to conduct mass voter purges during the 'quiet period' are also illegal under the NVRA...

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Maria Cantwell
@mariacantwell· Democratic · WA· Aug 7, 2026

The IRS’s address sharing policy therefore violates the statute, improperly displaces Congress’s legislative judgments, undermines the confidentiality of taxpayer information and taxpayer reliance, and threatens the national fisc.

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Maria Cantwell
@mariacantwell· Democratic · WA· Aug 7, 2026

The data sharing here was illegal and threatens federal revenue, adversely affecting all taxpayers.

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Maria Cantwell
@mariacantwell· Democratic · WA· Aug 7, 2026

The data sharing at issue in this case by the [IRS] and [ICE] violates the express terms of the statute and ignores its history.

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Maria Cantwell
@mariacantwell· Democratic · WA· Aug 7, 2026

Implementing this rule will worsen Americans’ overall quality of health, waste millions of dollars on administrative red tape, and cause preventable health emergencies for all Americans.

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Maria Cantwell
@mariacantwell· Democratic · WA· Aug 7, 2026

We urge CMS to withdraw this rule to ensure that Medicaid can continue its mission of providing health coverage to low-income Americans.

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Maria Cantwell
@mariacantwell· Democratic · WA· Aug 7, 2026

Returning 72 acres of the Quinault Indian Nation’s original reservation will restore the Tribe’s ancestral lands and help preserve one of the area’s last remnants of old growth forest as a living museum for future generations.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 7, 2026

Bankruptcy is often a painful last resort for small business owners. This bill makes permanent a quicker and cheaper pathway for entrepreneurs to settle debts, keep the lights on, and keep serving their neighbors.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Aug 7, 2026

Americans going through one of the most difficult seasons of their lives shouldn’t then be faced with bureaucratic hurdles and outdated rules as they try to restore their financial well-being.

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Amy Klobuchar
@amyklobuchar· Democratic · MN· Aug 7, 2026

We must keep our covenant with the Afghans who served beside us, risking everything — often at great personal expense to themselves and their families — to further America’s mission.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Aug 7, 2026

We owe an enormous debt to the Afghans who supported U.S. forces during their 20-year mission in Afghanistan.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Aug 7, 2026

This is a step in the right direction to help people living with ALS and their families.

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