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Dan Crenshaw
@dancrenshaw· Republican · TX· May 8, 2025

I was detained for 3 minutes by personal phone call and they closed the vote very quickly. Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 122.

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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia
@sylviarodriguezgarcia· Democratic · TX· May 8, 2025

As we celebrate Mother's Day this weekend, I am reminded of a visit that Donald Trump had with Howard Stern. They were talking about marriage and having children, and Howard Stern said something like: Why do you need the headache? He said…

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Al Green
@algreen· Democratic · TX· May 8, 2025

And still I rise, a liberated Democrat, unbought, unbossed, unafraid, and most feared by President Donald John Trump. I am most feared because the President recently tweeted that he would have me removed from Congress because I have…

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Peter H. Bell
@peterhbell· TX· May 7, 2025

Another child in the St. Louis region is gone too early. Marshaun Futrell, Jr., was 11 years old. He was a football star, a big brother, and a son. Monday night this 11-year-old was yet another victim of senseless gun violence. Across the…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

I rise today with both sorrow and gratitude in my heart to honor and celebrate the life of an extraordinary woman, the Honorable Diana Denman. Diana has rightly been described as the ``Godmother of the Texas Republican Party.'' She was a…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

I vocally opposed this rule for months, and indeed, the ranking member and I together urge the Biden administration not to adopt it, and I’m very pleased that President Trump has now confirmed he plans to rescind it.

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Roger Williams
@rogerwilliams· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

Due to a personal family matter, I was unable to vote on H.R. 881--the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 120.

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August Pfluger
@augustpfluger· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

I will point out that this bill was actually brought up during the Biden administration and has nothing to do with one administration or another. It was bipartisan, and those entities of concern are named in and are labeled within the DOD…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Diana Denman

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· May 6, 2025

The policy as it currently exists incentivizes states to add people to the rolls that are decidedly not within the design of Medicaid as envisioned.

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· May 6, 2025

My colleagues, who do not want to address that, are burying their head in the sand.

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· May 6, 2025

Somebody come back and show me your basic math.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· May 6, 2025

This is a once in a generation opportunity to get our fiscal house in better shape.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· May 5, 2025

The president won an election on November the fifth, and I think he’s entitled to some deference on his choices.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· May 5, 2025

I have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· May 5, 2025

it looks like my timing is exquisite because I came down here to talk about something that I think has sort of fallen off the radar screen here in recent weeks, and that is the work of the Department of Government Efficiency, one of the…

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Jasmine Crockett
@jasminecrockett· Democratic · TX· May 5, 2025

I thank so much my amazing colleague from the great State of California for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a simple but clear message. First of all, I just have to clear up a few things. Instead of the President cosplaying as the…

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Ronny Jackson
@ronnyjackson· Republican · TX· May 5, 2025

Today, we are bringing a very important piece of legislation to the floor, the Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act, a key piece of legislation to ensure our country stays ahead of our adversaries…

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