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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Sep 26, 2026

President Trump knows well what the law says – the one I wrote with my Republican colleagues – but he is blatantly breaking it and stealing the money from the American people.

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Sep 26, 2026

My top priority in the Senate is getting results for the people of New Hampshire. I am committed to working across the aisle to build lasting solutions to the challenges our families and businesses face.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Sep 26, 2026

I feel deeply honored to receive this recognition and I’m thrilled to celebrate this new community space alongside residents and partners.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Sep 26, 2026

The newly renovated Pontiac Oaks Park is a prime example of what’s possible when federal, state, and local officials work together to achieve a common goal.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Sep 26, 2026

When faced with an unprecedented crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s imperative that we come together and fight for the resources needed to help Michigan communities come back even stronger.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Sep 26, 2026

For National Recovery Month, we celebrate those working to achieve and maintain recovery from addiction, and everyone who helped them along the way. Especially as families struggle to get ahead, it’s more important than ever that we help…

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Pramila Jayapal
@pramilajayapal· Democratic · WA· Sep 26, 2026

We have to stop the constant, nonconsensual state of surveillance that we live in, and that starts with placing a moratorium on our government’s use of facial recognition technology.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Sep 26, 2026

Every American who values their right to privacy, stands against discrimination, and believes people are innocent until proven guilty should be concerned about facial recognition technology fueling a national surveillance state.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Sep 26, 2026

Facial recognition and other biometric technologies in the hands of government agencies have become tools of authoritarianism.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 26, 2026

I mean, that's an extraordinary story: an $8 million donation; two days later, a meeting of those donors with the president; an immediate phone call to the FDA to change the rules; four days later, the rules are changed; and four days…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 26, 2026

Will you commit to restarting the advisory boards that have been disbanded under this president?

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 26, 2026

So long as these advisory boards, which are authorized by Congress, are attacked, eliminated, and restricted from meeting, you are not going to rebound the public's support for independent FDA decision making.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 26, 2026

That is not a coincidence, right? That is the definition of political interference in FDA decision making.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Sep 26, 2026

The U.S. communications sector represents hundreds of billions of dollars in economic valuation, and relies on the legal validity of these FCC actions.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Sep 26, 2026

Every person in America has civil rights — in spite of this Administration’s total disregard for the Constitution.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2026

The disturbing reality today is that many American citizens and immigrants with lawful status have been caught in the Trump Administration’s indiscriminate and violent immigration enforcement dragnet across the country.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2026

The Supreme Court just allowed the Trump Administration to weaponize an unreliable database against Americans’ fundamental right to vote less than six weeks before a consequential midterm election.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2026

It’s time our country acts to ensure accountability within our law enforcement agencies and provide justice to those who have lost loved ones.

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