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Josh Green
@joshgreen· Democratic · HI· Sep 21, 2021

Never mind the disaster of the unemployment handouts that left small businesses struggling to find workers because the government was paying people more to stay at home than to work.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 15, 2021

Selective outrage from the Republicans, who show no indications that they want to get to the bottom of, for the Insurrection, on January 6, for example.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 15, 2021

There is a process, before any nuclear attack can occur. And General Milley is very well aware, of that process.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 6, 2021

And my hope is that, that at some point, Joe Manchin will also say, yes, we got to get these things done.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 6, 2021

This is another reason that we should get rid of the filibuster so that we don`t have to have a super majority to get anything important done in the Senate.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 6, 2021

I`m really glad that both the president as well as the attorney general is looking at using whatever tools that they have.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 5, 2021

This is yet another reason that we should get rid of the filibuster, so that we don’t have to have a supermajority to get anything important done in the Senate.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 5, 2021

We can’t wait around for the Republicans to see the light, because they are not going to see the light.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 5, 2021

Until Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, women’s right to an abortion should still be protected.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2021

we need filibuster reform also. At least you have a shot at it if you don’t have to have 60 votes to codify Roe v. Wade at the federal level.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2021

there's an appetite for that and the companion bill that 48 Democratic senators signed. I am one of them.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2021

we can talk about term limits for the Supreme Court, we can talk about applying ethics provisions to the Supreme Court, we can increase the number on the Supreme Court, we can cycle circuit court judges through the Supreme Court.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2021

this is why we need to be mobilized at all levels. It is not just Congress that can take action, but it is all of the state legislatures.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2021

these are all done by a very activist court peopled with folks like the Trump nominees, Trump appointees, all of whom I voted against.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2021

they're letting the Texas law stand. I'm glad you used the word 'abused' because that's exactly what the Supreme Court is doing.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2021

John Roberts at least cares about the institution of the Supreme Court. I think he cares that the Supreme Court is not seen as just some kind of ideological right wing court. I think he cares about that. But his colleagues do not, and…

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