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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

we really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job.

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· May 19, 2025

as we talk about the importance of Black history tonight, I also want to highlight northeast Ohio's rich connection to Black history. In northeast Ohio, our Black history legacy stacks up against anyone's. In fact, one of the first places…

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

The first is that she’s a very, very good listener. So if you have two people who really disagree on something, she tries to understand where both of them are coming from.

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

You can probably imagine that people in the United States are extremely excited about you.

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· May 19, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I am a proud Virginian. Virginia is the birthplace of American democracy. It is also the birthplace of American slavery. From the beginning of this country, we have been on the right side of history and the wrong side of…

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

It’s hard to predict the future, but I do think that not just the pope, but the entire Vatican, has expressed a desire to be really helpful and to work together on facilitating, hopefully, a peace deal coming together in Russia and Ukraine.

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

Most of the time, I don’t give a s--- about this stuff. I don’t even think that much about it.

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

You love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country.

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

My attitude is, if I do end up running in 2028, I’m not entitled to it.

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Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· May 19, 2025

I rise with a heavy heart after the deadly rail accident that occurred last night in my district in Fremont, Ohio. The incident took place near the Miles Newton Bridge above the Sandusky River around 7 p.m. This is a popular fishing spot…

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Bill Johnson
@billjohnson· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

Mayor Johnson is proud to have the most diverse administration in the history of our city. Our administration reflects the diversity and values of Chicago. Unfortunately, the current federal administration does not reflect either.

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

I hope it’s the beginning of a very good relationship, because I think he does care a lot about peace.

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Bill Johnson
@billjohnson· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

Black folks will be here in this city and in cities across America, protecting this democracy, protecting humanity, because that's what Black people have always done.

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Bill Johnson
@billjohnson· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

The deputy mayor is a Black woman. The Department of Planning and Development is a Black woman. Infrastructure deputy mayor is a Black woman. Chief operations officer is a Black man. Budget director is a Black woman. Senior advisor is a…

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

If there is a single most productive thing [from the trip], my hope is that it will be that the relationship between us and the Vatican leads to a lot fewer people getting killed and a lot less humanitarian disaster.

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

Obviously, the president has had some pretty tough words — I guess I have, too, pretty tough words for Europe — about the importance of opening their markets, but also the importance of doing more burden-sharing in defense.

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Mike Carey
@mikecarey· Republican · OH· May 19, 2025

I rise in support of H.R. 1453, the Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2025. I introduced this commonsense, bipartisan legislation last Congress, which passed the House by voice vote. With more than $25 billion in Federal…

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JD Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· May 18, 2025

This is serious stuff. This is a guy who carries around the nuclear football for the world's largest nuclear arsenal.

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