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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

Bill Pulte is shutting down the independent watchdog that is responsible for investigating his misconduct—like his efforts to weaponize private mortgage data in sham investigations against the President’s perceived political enemies.

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 2026

Everyone deserves a home free of potential health risks, yet thousands of New York families are exposed to dangerous lead paint daily.

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 2026

This exposure is especially harmful to children, who are at disproportionate risk for adverse effects. I'm proud to deliver this funding from the Housing Appropriations bill that I negotiated to help clear hazardous lead paint from homes…

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 2026

No amount of toxic lead exposure is safe for children. Today, I am proud to deliver more than $4 million for communities in Rensselaer County to remove lead paint from homes to protect our children and public health.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

You know what? There are going to be heroes laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery that have given up their lives because of Trump’s war of choice in Iran. Let’s make it clear what this president has done to this nation. His war has driven up…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

Our Veterans and our military families deserve better than this. If you want to spend this kind of money on this arch, let’s take that money and spend it on something that really matters. Let’s spend it on DoD schools so our military kids…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

Listen, I am here because I am pissed off. I’m pissed because the five-time draft dodging coward of a Commander-in-Chief, sitting over there in the White House, dares to dishonor the men and women of this country who have put on her colors…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

The U.S. has to be the leading voice pushing our partners to uphold international rules and pushing back when the PRC bucks these rules to try and strangle our democratically-elected partners, especially Taiwan.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

If the PRC’s tactics go unanswered, it’s not hard to imagine President Xi’s next target being a jet carrying civilians or critical air imports to Taipei, Manila or another capital that sparks his ire.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

By bullying countries into restricting the Taiwanese president’s flight paths, the PRC is endangering everyone who travels internationally.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

A deferred deactivation would mitigate the impact on the lives of our Illinois servicemembers and their families and make sure the Air Force has a plan for how to maintain the repair capability of our fighter fleet before sunsetting this…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

Preserving sufficient repair capacity and a skilled maintenance workforce is therefore essential to sustaining geographically dispersed operations without degrading readiness elsewhere.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

We are concerned a hasty deactivation of the Central Repair Facility (CRF) mission could risk adequate sustainment of our fighter fleet.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Oct 2, 2026

The addition we seek would place a temporary halt on closing or deactivating any Air Force Central Repair Facility (CRF) until September 30, 2028, unless the Air Force assigns a deployable replacement mission.

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John Curtis
@johncurtis· Republican · UT· Oct 2, 2026

This bipartisan bill is a commonsense fix that makes it easier for builders to identify American-made materials, cut through bureaucracy, and get more affordable homes built faster.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Oct 2, 2026

Despite our country’s desperate need for additional affordable housing options, American homebuilders face steep costs and bureaucratic red tape.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 2, 2026

Make no mistake, these are the Democrats’ policies. They want to destroy our great, hard-fought nation, and plummet our economy and the very fabric of our nation into the ground.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 2, 2026

We have to make that decision: We blow them up or make a deal.

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