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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 23, 2026

The time to act is now because we cannot trust Big Tech to do the right thing on their own, and the public should not bear the consequences when they get it wrong.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 23, 2026

AI comes with great opportunity that we need to harness and also tremendous risks for our workforce and safety that we need to protect against.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 23, 2026

Americans need to have a say in how artificial intelligence is used in their lives, where it belongs and where it does not.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Sep 23, 2026

Despite asking for tens of billions of additional taxpayer dollars, you have so far failed to provide basic information on how this money has and will be spent.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Sep 23, 2026

We write regarding the Department of Defense’s failure to provide the American people with basic information about the war with Iran and its cost to taxpayers, even as the human costs of this war rise.

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Sep 23, 2026

Granite Staters have always prioritized solutions over partisanship. That’s why I am dedicated to working with anyone to get things done for New Hampshire, including expanding middle class opportunity, supporting small businesses, and…

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Sep 23, 2026

I’m pleased to see this bipartisan bill to bring more transparency to government spending become law.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 23, 2026

DHS is also required to follow the ‘Detained Parents Directive’ (DPD), even in its weakened state, to ensure that parents are not unconstitutionally deprived of their child.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 23, 2026

As fathers, I hope we can both agree that children should not have to witness their parents being brutally arrested for civil immigration offenses.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Sep 23, 2026

USFS must make good on its word and keep Baltimore Urban Field Office employees in Baltimore so they can effectively continue their place-based and partnership-dependent work in the Baltimore area.

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Tina Kotek
@tinakotek· Democratic · OR· Sep 23, 2026

This funding is one more win for providing more affordable housing and supportive services for Oregonians with disabilities and their families.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Sep 23, 2026

Housing is a human right, and it’s crucial that federal investments support that statement with action in Oregon and nationwide.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

Our rail workers serve an integral role in our state’s economy, keeping our transit systems in top shape so they can deliver for riders. The federal government can do its part to support our union workers and our transit systems by pushing…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

For years, this investment in research at NIH has been worthwhile. This proposal to transfer one third of the agency’s [NIAID] budget on infectious diseases is a mistake.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

Let’s be honest about what this is: a move to siphon funds away from the nation’s premier medical research agency, which struggles to fund lifesaving research, to bankroll the Pentagon, the most heavily funded agency in our government.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

The agreement sets up a path for the Department of Defense and the NIH to collaborate on chemical and biological defense research and development. That’s a good thing, isn’t it? Of course it is. But who is going to pay for it?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

We currently are understaffed when it comes to air traffic controllers. They are working six days a week on the most stressful job. Give them the pay raise that we promised and do it in a timely fashion.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

Later this afternoon, I’ll take an airplane ride from Washington to Chicago… Once again, as I’ve done thousands of times, I will entrust my safety and my future and my survival to a competent air crew, as well as the air traffic…

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