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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jun 13, 2026

The American people are sick and tired of it. And, look, people need a vote this November because that is the kind of methodology and ideology that wants to take back over. We can't let it happen.

scalise.house.gov
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 13, 2026

The reason we are in trouble is because over 74 percent of federal spending is on autopilot, mandatory spending.

talkingpointsmemo.com
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 13, 2026

The largest spending items, the reason we’re in trouble, are because over 74 percent of federal spending is on autopilot — mandatory spending, that is, your entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and things like Social Security —…

salon.com
Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Jun 13, 2026

It does bring in light the imbalance in our judicial system, as it relates to African Americans and people of color.

foxnews.com
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jun 13, 2026

Nobody disputes that FISA has been used to stop terrorist attacks on our homeland here.

foxnews.com
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jun 13, 2026

Everybody’s got their own bills that they might want to move, and you know, as the majority leader, when people come to me and they want a bill moved, I tell them — first thing I always tell them is, ‘Go talk to the chairman,’

washingtonexaminer.com
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 12, 2026

The reason we have not had a mass casualty event like 9/11 since that great tragedy is because we have this statute, and today the Democrats in the House just voted it down.

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Liz Murrill
@lizmurrill· LA· Jun 12, 2026

As the use of mifepristone continues to increase, the EPA has a responsibility to investigate potential threats to our drinking water, and this drug should be added to the Contaminant Candidate List for further evaluation.

lailluminator.com
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 12, 2026

The reason we’re in trouble is because over seventy-four percent of federal spending is on autopilot—mandatory spending, that is your entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and things like Social Security—they have to be adjusted…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 12, 2026

We have a plan to do that next year, and it’s critical, because we’re at $40 trillion-plus in debt. At some point, you get into a hole so deep you can’t climb out of it, so desperate times call for desperate measures.

thebulwark.com
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jun 12, 2026

“Closed primaries, he said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.”

theatlantic.com
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 12, 2026

Everyone knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is rampant waste, fraud, and abuse throughout government programs.

thebulwark.com
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Jun 12, 2026

If President Trump says he's going to secure the border, then they deem that something they will fight against, and they want an open border.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 12, 2026

I think it makes a lot of sense the more the evidence comes out, the more we know they really were sham impeachments.

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John Leonard
@johnleonard· Republican · LA· Jun 12, 2026

The data center situation is absolutely out of control, and a couple years from now when the AI bubble bursts and half of these places shut down, it will be us left holding the bag.

marylandmatters.org
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 11, 2026

It’s long overdue. We have to fund border security and immigration enforcement, and it’s sad that Republicans have to do it on our own.

huffpost.com