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Chuck Hagel
@chuckhagel· Republican · NE· Jun 11, 2025

They're not trained for law enforcement.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Jun 5, 2025

There’s a good verse in Proverbs: ‘Stay out of fights.’ I’m staying out of this one.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 28, 2025

I trust our law enforcement. In the end, we’ve got judges and juries, appeals.

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Jim Pillen
@jimpillen· Republican · NE· May 28, 2025

We must battle fringe ideas and groups to defend our way of life.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 26, 2025

Putin is making a mockery of Trump, and Trump keeps attacking Zelenskyy.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 15, 2025

I actually dug into this whole matter. I just want to address it: It was a one-day pause, which is typical for negotiations.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 12, 2025

I wouldn’t accept more than $500 billion in Medicaid cuts.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

I couldn’t sign on to the $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid that hardliners of his party are demanding.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

it just seems juvenile.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

We’re better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

We're the United States of America. We're not Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany or Napoleon's France. I just — we're better than this.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

We’re the United States of America. We’re not Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany or Napoleon’s France. I just — we’re better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Apr 5, 2025

It's time that Congress restores its authorities here.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Apr 5, 2025

We learned from that that tariffs and protectionism does not work, and that free trade in the end, as long as it's fair, we want fair trade.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Apr 5, 2025

the Constitution is clear, the House and the Senate, Congress, has the power of tariffs and taxes.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Apr 5, 2025

The power of tariffs and taxes, and we gave some of that power to the executive branch, which he called a mistake.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Apr 5, 2025

I will tell you, Russia and China today are laughing at us because we just fired the absolute best leaders.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Apr 5, 2025

If you separate, put them under two different commands, then you're gonna create a dysfunctional partnership.

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