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Should have the right to be told if the government spies on them

From the beginning, this case has been about making sure that facts, not political whims, guide how the law is applied. Today’s decision protects that principle.

The courts are holding this administration accountable to the truth and the rule of law.

This ruling, now the fourth of its kind, validates the facts on the ground. Oregon does not want or need military intervention, and President Trump’s attempts to federalize the guard is a gross abuse of power.

What my colleague seems to be stressing-- and it is something I share--is that there is an urgency here. In my State, we have a couple with premium hikes of 500 percent. They feel like they are getting hit by a healthcare wrecking ball…

American families are being squeezed by prices going up and up and up.

The Senate is not a spectator to the workings of the federal government.

Our country’s technology advantage is not worth giving away just so Trump can get a few headlines.

Giving China access to cutting edge AI chips in exchange for raw materials is a terrible deal for America’s national security.

The authoritarian takeover is not down the street. It is not around the corner. We are in the middle of it, right now.

I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War. President Trump is shredding our Constitution.

Suddenly, you have the three elements that create tyranny in place of freedom, or authoritarianism in place of a republic.

Tyranny comes in two forms: the attack on freedom and the disappearance of the fundamental separation of powers.

Tyranny has already arrived. It is not down the street. It is not around the corner. It will not be encountered on the path tomorrow. It is here at this very moment.

President Trump is shredding our Constitution. Is it OK for masked federal agents to arrest people off the street because of their skin color or their accent? No way, not in a free America.

My colleague has richly earned a few hours of sleep tonight, but I am going to make sure that here in the Senate and across the country, people understand that this is the beginning of further discussion, not the end. I want to thank my…

Thank you, Senator. I not only agree, but I so admire what you accomplished. It is so frustrating. Why can't we accomplish that again? I know one of our Members worked hard with my colleague across the aisle to do a bill that may have been…

Or more. And this body can't even come together and address children brought here through no fault of their own, who know no other country, who speak no other language, who grew up here and are productive citizens. Many of them, when we…