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Amy Klobuchar
@amyklobuchar· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

I led a bill on this with Senators Capito and Baldwin that we passed into law, and I'm concerned that these algorithms that they have pushes outrageous content promoting anorexia and the like.

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Tina Smith
@tinasmith· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

He is using this as a partisan weapon. And that is what people hate about politics and we are not going to let him get away with it.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

We have to pass this bill and you can carve out and say for, you know, elections, this is our democracy.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

He’s going to send it out. He’s, as he said, you know, before the commercial, he said he’s destroyed the Senate. He did that by -- he did more filibusters of executive nominees during Obama than been done in the previous history of the…

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Tom Emmer
@tomemmer· Republican · MN· Oct 4, 2021

Actually, Chair Gensler, I appreciate the answer. I don't know--at the end, we still disagree on the securities aspect.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

It would be insane to default. Absolutely insane. We can`t do it. The dollar is the default currency of the world. We can`t let it not be.

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Tina Smith
@tinasmith· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

We`re not going to let that happen.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

This is an existential threat to our democracy. If we lose our democracy, it`s - we lose everything.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

We`re going to get there. And Sinema was very helpful on the bipartisan infrastructure package. She`s going to get there.

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Tina Smith
@tinasmith· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

Well, Democrats are prepared to raise the debt ceiling and to do the right thing and if the Republicans aren`t going to help us all, they just need to get out of the way. And Mitch McConnell`s ploy here is nothing but another cynical…

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Tina Smith
@tinasmith· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

What McConnell is trying to do here is he wants us to have to take votes to raise the debt limit by a specific amount because he thinks that if we do that, that it`s going to distract America from the reality that under Donald Trump, the…

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Tom Emmer
@tomemmer· Republican · MN· Oct 4, 2021

This is why it is really important for the SEC to develop a framework in which the crypto industry can operate.

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Al Franken
@alfranken· Democratic · MN· Oct 4, 2021

The child tax credit, reduce poverty by childhood poverty by half, biggest middle class, working class, tax cut, low income tax cut in the history of the country.

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanomar· Democratic · MN· Sep 30, 2021

We have made a promise to the American people that if you elect Biden, if you get us the House, if you get us the Senate, that we are going to make real investments in childcare, in climate resiliency, in expanding healthcare, and…

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanomar· Democratic · MN· Sep 30, 2021

They were sent to Congress to represent the voices of their constituents and speak up for those that are being left behind in the policies that are made in Washington.

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanomar· Democratic · MN· Sep 30, 2021

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to make these kinds of investments, and we’re willing to fight for it.

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Tom Emmer
@tomemmer· Republican · MN· Sep 30, 2021

Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Private Nicole Burnham. Private Burnham didn't die on the battlefield. Her life was stolen by the cruelty of her fellow soldiers and the apathy of her superiors. There are several tragedies…

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Amy Klobuchar
@amyklobuchar· Democratic · MN· Sep 29, 2021

I applaud the Biden administration's commitment to keeping our children safe in school through vaccinations, through masking, through ventilation, and through testing.

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