
Mahmoud Khalil has lived in Syria under [Bashar] Assad. He knows what an authoritarian regime looks like. And he says this is it.
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Mahmoud Khalil has lived in Syria under [Bashar] Assad. He knows what an authoritarian regime looks like. And he says this is it.

I really worry that this administration is ushering in a new era of McCarthyism. And unless Congress and unless the American people stand up and push back, they will succeed.

I reject this draconian vision for this country that Donald Trump has. He is a dictator.

The administration is seeking to circumscribe the constitutional rights of Rümeysa Öztürk, of Mahmoud Khalil...

The purpose of Öztürk and Khalil’s detention... is for the administration to make examples of those who express viewpoints it opposes.

Like Rümeysa, Mahmoud Kahlil has committed no crime and is being punished by Donald Trump simply for exercising his right to free speech.

This is not about the rearview mirror. Nobody wants to relitigate what happened. It’s about what we’re going to do going forward.

If Chairman Powell can be fired by the president of the United States, it will crash markets in the United States.

Last week Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) introduced U.S. House Res. 317.

How is any company supposed to forecast for their future, build a plant, hire workers, if they have no idea what the hell this president is gonna do in his next tweet?

There is no tariff policy — only chaos and corruption.

Investors will not invest in the United States when Donald Trump is playing ‘red light, green light’ with tariffs and saying, ‘Oh, and for my special donors, you get a special exemption.’

I think our secret, super-duper strategy is, just tell the truth about what’s going on.

Now is the time to call your Republican senators. They know as well as anyone the damage this will cause to the U.S. economy.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Waters for her leadership, under which we have advocated to create an economy that works for all people, not just Elon Musk and wealthy billionaires. That is why I oppose this measure to overturn the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in vigorous opposition to occupant Trump's hostile attacks, hostile and insecure attacks on Black history. Black history is American history. Dictators try to shutter museums, censor history, and whitewash the…