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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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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jan 13, 2025

I rise today to address the profound economic, social, and political importance of TikTok's creators and the serious consequences of a nationwide TikTok ban. When the Senate passed legislation last year authorizing a ban on TikTok, it was…

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Katherine Clark
@katherineclark· Democratic · MA· Jan 3, 2025

We will not allow Republicans to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food assistance to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. No way.

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Katherine Clark
@katherineclark· Democratic · MA· Jan 3, 2025

The GOP promised to make life easier for working families. Now, they want to slash your school budget, raise your grocery costs, and hike your energy bills—all to pay for billionaire tax cuts.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Dec 26, 2024

Not just bipartisan, Jim, but also tripartite -- Congress, the president and an appeals court have all said that this law is valid. And the reason that this law is valid is that its meeting and National Security imperative.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Dec 26, 2024

This is undermining the ideological coherence of the next generation of Americans, and we have every reason to insist that while people can post whatever they want, the manner by which that content reaches eyeballs is not going to be…

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Dec 26, 2024

What Trump is saying, Jim, about he alone can negotiate a better deal just doesn't pass the common sense test.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Dec 26, 2024

I think it would be important for Congress to issue a resolution stating that we stand by the original law.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Dec 26, 2024

Xi Jinping has called influence operations the smokeless battlefield, and TikTok is his most important weapon.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Dec 26, 2024

It's up to Congress and in particular, Republicans in Congress, to put the well-being of the country ahead of Donald Trump's ego on this issue.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Dec 20, 2024

reserving the right to object, I thank Senator Cortez Masto for being such a leader on fighting the opioid epidemic. She is on the frontline of conducting that battle against this scourge. We are both here on the floor today in an effort…

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Rich Neal
@richneal· Democratic · MA· Dec 19, 2024

We are in favor of every request that you asked for. These were modest agreements that were reached and rendered by both parties in an honest and public agreement. The Speaker of the House broke his word. That is why we are here. To the…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Dec 19, 2024

I rise today with deep disappointment and frustration at the House of Representatives' failure to take up my bipartisan, bicameral legislation with Senator Bill Cassidy--the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, COPPA 2.0…

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Steve Lynch
@stevelynch· Democratic · MA· Dec 18, 2024

Today I rise in strong support of more than 2.3 million dedicated civil servants that make up our Federal workforce, including nearly 30,000 Federal employees who work in my own congressional district. As a former union president of Iron…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Dec 17, 2024

I want to thank Senator Baldwin for her leadership on this issue, for helping us to focus on this threat to the rights of Americans that is being propounded in this Defense bill. I want to thank Senator Merkley. I want to thank everyone…

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Ayanna Pressley
@ayannapressley· Democratic · MA· Dec 9, 2024

we certainly will keep the pressure up until we see a restoration of equitable, reliable services, because every community deserves exactly that.

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