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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 3, 2018

I think precedent is critically important, but I do not think the American people--it is not something that we debate in front of them much.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 3, 2018

One of the reasons that the executive branch seems so powerful right now is, again, because of how weak the legislature is.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 3, 2018

How many times we see our Founders writing about the norms of our civics.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 3, 2018

Executive immunity has no place in a democracy.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 3, 2018

Presidents should not have the power to do whatever they want.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 3, 2018

Training for a marathon, completing two marathons like this, is a huge accomplishment.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 3, 2018

I think you can see a lot of that by the type of life you have lived outside of the courtroom.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 3, 2018

A lot of the other records that have been discussed are mainly duplicative, administrative documents.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 3, 2018

The comments from the White House yesterday about trying to politicize the Department of Justice, they were wrong, and they should be condemned.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 2, 2018

These two men have been charged with crimes because of evidence, not because who have the president was when the investigations began.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Sep 2, 2018

The United States is not some banana republic with a two-tiered system of justice, one for the majority party and one for the minority party.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Aug 23, 2018

I find it really difficult to envision any circumstance where I would vote to confirm a successor to Jeff Sessions if he is fired because he's executing his job rather than choosing to act as a partisan hack.

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Deb Fischer
@debfischer· Republican · NE· Jul 31, 2018

So, this disproportionate economic hardship is the critical factor in determining whether a small refinery is awarded an exemption.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Jul 26, 2018

This is very good timing. I want to thank the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin) for his thoughtful and important words because I wanted to speak to the same topic. This week, a dedicated group of Nebraskans with disabilities…

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Bob Kerrey
@bobkerrey· NE· Jul 25, 2018

I think it has a lot to offer in turning the agency around.

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Bob Kerrey
@bobkerrey· NE· Jul 25, 2018

It is bipartisan legislation to make the IRS more responsive and accountable to taxpayers.

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Bob Kerrey
@bobkerrey· NE· Jul 25, 2018

I support those. And I support what the House has done.

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Deb Fischer
@debfischer· Republican · NE· Jul 25, 2018

If nominated, how would you ensure your work maintains that balance between shippers and railroads at the STB?

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