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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 19, 2025

The ball is in Chuck Schumer’s court. I hope he does the right thing. I hope he does not choose to shut the government down and inflict pain on the American people.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 19, 2025

And so even though he could defeat anybody in a debate so often — and I saw this myself when he would vanquish someone in a policy argument — he was the first person after that to reach out a hand of friendship or offer an arm around the…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 19, 2025

the time for appropriate sanctions against Russia is long overdue

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Sep 18, 2025

After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump’s lawyer. He took issue with our title of one of those YouTube videos from that episode and a couple of comments I made about the first lady. We took a look at what they complained…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2025

I will say that people all over this country are shaken. Mr. Speaker, this has been a tough week in the country. I think I have spoken at three or four vigils already. I will be attending our late friend Charlie Kirk's funeral on Sunday…

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2025

Mr. Speaker, we still have heavy hearts. We are still mourning the loss of our friend, Charlie Kirk, who was such an inspirational leader to millions across this country. As we have seen since his horrific assassination, he inspired not…

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 17, 2025

Before 1991, as many as 20,000 babies —babies! — were infected with hepatitis B in the United States of America, and that changed when the hepatitis B vaccine was approved for newborns.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 17, 2025

let me just diplomatically address a couple of the accusations here regarding the nature of my bill. The gentlewoman acknowledged that there is danger involved, yes. Yes, enforcing the law is dangerous. This is why the professional law…

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 17, 2025

I urge strong support of H.R. 5143. It restores legitimate discretion to the police officers who actually work the streets of D.C.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 17, 2025

Children, and I would say adults', health is at risk.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 17, 2025

That is an accomplishment to make America healthy again, and we should stand up and salute the people that made that decision because there's people who would otherwise be dead if those mothers were not given that option to have their…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 16, 2025

So, I don’t think it’s a violation of core principles for people to have appropriate measures taken when they act like crazy people online.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 16, 2025

For a couple [of] decades, we defended religious freedom and speech that some people deemed to be inappropriate.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 16, 2025

That’s not the government censoring speech, that’s personal behavior and decorum, and you have a right to enforce that.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 16, 2025

Look, in America, it’s a very important part of our tradition that we do not — this is a conservative principle and certainly an American principle — we do not censor and silence disfavored viewpoints.

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John Bel Edwards
@johnbeledwards· Democratic · LA· Sep 15, 2025

I thank Mr. Valadao from California for his leadership on Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors Claims Processing Act. This important legislation streamlines the VA claims process, helping veterans and their families receive the benefits…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 15, 2025

It’s as if a dark shadow was cast over our country and certainly here, even on Capitol Hill, the leaders of the nation have been shaken.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 14, 2025

I mean, calling people Nazis and fascists is not helpful.

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