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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 23, 2025

It is another day under a Republican majority and of an antiscience, antifacts healthcare agenda. I don't know which is worse: the cruelty or the ignorance on full display here across the aisle. I would ask my colleagues if they have ever…

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Lori Trahan
@loritrahan· Democratic · MA· Jan 22, 2025

We are more than 3 weeks into January, yet Republican leadership in this Chamber has failed to call a vote on a single piece of legislation to address the pressing needs of hardworking families. There has been nothing to ease the burden of…

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

As bad as you might have heard the bill is, in reality, it’s actually worse.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

Republicans want to cut health care, food assistance for ‘tax giveaways’ to the rich.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

ever since Donald Trump has said a big part of his argument for being president is that it would be about retribution. It would be about vengeance and he used it today.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

the president, President Biden, should answer for himself, but it's a sad day in America when someone leaving office has to look around and say, am I facing a new president and a new administration who's going to come after my family just…

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

My job is the same as my job has always been. I took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

Well, it attacks the very foundation of our democracy because it tries to whitewash what was clearly an insurrection.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 19, 2025

there he is making his speech after he's been inaugurated as president and it's still full of how he was wronged and he was the one who was mistreated.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jan 16, 2025

I rise today to urge my colleagues to reject Pete Hegseth as the next Secretary of Defense. Pete Hegseth is the most unqualified nominee for Secretary of Defense in our Nation's history. At his confirmation hearing, Pete Hegseth bobbed and…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

we are in a climate emergency. Over just the past few months, powerful hurricanes and severe wildfires have caused nearly one-half of a trillion dollars in estimated damage. The Los Angeles fires are estimated to be the costliest blaze in…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

I rise today to stop the unnecessary and devastating consequences that will result from a ban on TikTok in the United States. In a few moments, I will ask unanimous consent that the Senate pass my legislation with Senator Wyden and Senator…

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

As the United States seeks to strengthen our position in the Indo-Pacific, let us commit to Taiwan as a long-term ally.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 15, 2025

I am disappointed that my colleagues have objected to this simple legislation. I recognize the national security risk here. But the fearmongering about the supposed anti-American content on TikTok is the exact type of government overreach…

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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

This weekend in my district, the Massachusetts Seventh, community members came together to celebrate Haitian Independence Day. There was much soup joumou, freedom soup, that was consumed. On January 1, 1804, Haiti became the first free…

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Lori Trahan
@loritrahan· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

House Republicans have a big vote planned for today. Now, I wish I was talking about a bill that will lower costs for hardworking families or help more Americans buy a home, the issues that so many people told us mattered most to them in…

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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Jan 14, 2025

For too long, our Nation's criminal legal system has been wrought with systemic injustices and biases and has prioritized cruelty at the expense of rehabilitation and justice. That is why we have a mass incarceration crisis. Nearly one in…

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