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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Jul 13, 2023

I grew up in a family trucking business, a company that I worked with for years, and I spent my years driving over the road. I knew the challenges our truck drivers faced: Time pressures, lack of sleep, and nowhere to stop for the night…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Jul 12, 2023

Mr. Garcia, I am holding you personally accountable for this, personally accountable for this.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Jul 12, 2023

I think the Supreme Court has already ruled that you didn't do that, right?

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Jul 12, 2023

But yet you could not answer the questions that the chairman asked a while ago, and that is the problem that we deal with, with our farmers and other people.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Jul 12, 2023

Farmers in deep, southern Illinois where I live and I represent are tired of the Federal Government, by the way, overregulating the waters to advance Biden's radical green agenda.

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Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Jul 12, 2023

Priests and pastors have guided our troops through the darkest days of our toughest battles, and it is imperative that Congress continues to support and defend the religious liberty of our brave servicemen and -women. This year, on Easter…

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

What would this mean in the context of running a political campaign? What if we said that any contribution of under $2,000 cannot be accepted by a campaign?

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

If we don't provide them with the information they want, many of them will invest in European companies that do provide that information.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

Madam President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Judge Myong Jin Joun to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Judge Joun is a long-serving State court judge with extensive experience as a litigator. And with…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

Madam President, I got home last night or at least got back to Washington last night at midnight after completing a whirlwind trip of 3 days to Lithuania. I went there in a bipartisan delegation to be present for the NATO summit. It was a…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 182 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Tiffany Cartwright to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Ms. Cartwright is an accomplished litigator who has dedicated her career to protecting the civil…

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2023

We are told that these considerations are fringe or immaterial, and there are those who say that it is material only if it is 5 percent of earnings per share.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Jul 12, 2023

But this is the problem that the American people feel. When the overreach comes so far that you leave the navigable waters that you should be governing and controlling--and we all want clean water--to worrying about what water runs off the…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Jul 12, 2023

But it really looks like you don't know what you are doing, or you are just trying to force an idea or an agenda that is detrimental to those people who we represent, because you can't give answers.

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