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Shri Thanedar
@shrithanedar· Democratic · MI· Feb 5, 2025

Elon Musk invested $277 million into Donald Trump's election. I guess that is the price to take over our Federal Government. Elon Musk is worth over $400 billion, meaning his contribution to Trump is the same as about $130 for an average…

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Debbie Dingell
@debbiedingell· Democratic · MI· Feb 5, 2025

There are two words that sum up what Republicans are doing: chaos and corruption.

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Feb 5, 2025

It’s a really tough situation. I understand the pleas and concerns. Michigan is not a death penalty state.

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Debbie Dingell
@debbiedingell· Democratic · MI· Feb 5, 2025

It is obvious that there are two words that sum up what Republicans are doing: chaos and corruption.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Feb 5, 2025

I rise today to oppose Russell Vought's nomination to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. As the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, I have worked hard and across the aisle to…

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Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Feb 5, 2025

thank you for being here. Thank you to the floor staff, to the clerk, the entire Capitol team here who has been here overnight. This is actually the first time that I have ever spoken on the floor. I am a freshman Senator, newly elected…

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Feb 5, 2025

To protect the rule of law, I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XII, no debate is permitted during a vote. The Senator will suspend. The clerk will continue to call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Feb 5, 2025

I know that Black History Month is a time to celebrate and recommit to the fight for justice and Black liberation in Michigan's 12th Congressional District and beyond. I am proud that I was born and raised in the most beautiful, Blackest…

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Debbie Dingell
@debbiedingell· Democratic · MI· Feb 5, 2025

Chaos and corruption sum up what Republicans are doing.

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jan 23, 2025

Eggs in my district are $9.19 or, as one resident said, it is ten bucks to buy eggs, Rashida. I want everyone to think about this because the Federal minimum wage is $7.25 right now. We know grocery prices are out of control, and our…

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Jan 23, 2025

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, the wildfire crisis is not just a product of inaction, but decades of wrongheaded land management that let our forests, wildlands, and hills turn into tinderboxes. We have suppressed all…

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jan 23, 2025

Immigrants in our country are already under attack, especially our undocumented neighbors. These are hateful and divisive executive orders and a violent assault on our communities and our country. Our very identity, as we all know, is a…

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Shri Thanedar
@shrithanedar· Democratic · MI· Jan 22, 2025

Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 23. personal explanation

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jan 22, 2025

I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I think it is so shameful that the first bill of the new Congress will put a target on the backs of millions of our neighbors. These are neighbors who worked so hard and who build up…

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jan 22, 2025

I just ask all of you to truly understand what this will do to our communities. Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to please vote ``no'' on this divisive bill. It is so important to understand what you are going to turn our communities and…

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jan 16, 2025

My heart breaks for the people in southern California who have lost their loved ones, their homes, memories, everything they own, and entire neighborhoods in these devastating fires. Congress needs to send aid and help those suffering…

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