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Raja Krishnamoorthi
@rajakrishnamoorthi· Democratic · IL· Feb 6, 2025

There’s only so much they can try to do to change the law, it all failed.

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Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Feb 6, 2025

As a family farmer, I am very concerned with America's prime farmland being covered with taxpayer- subsidized solar panel installations. Food security is national security, and if we cover our farm ground with Chinese solar panels, we will…

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 6, 2025

The actions that Musk and his IT goons have taken (...) very clearly illegal, but so far unprosecuted actions—have already compromised millions of Americans' privacy and data security.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Feb 6, 2025

this is another norm that's just going by the wayside in the era of Trump. But, I don't think it has particular meaning.

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Robin Kelly
@robinkelly· Democratic · IL· Feb 6, 2025

2 weeks ago, President Trump was sworn into office. He won the popular vote and the electoral college. I didn't like the results, but I accepted them. For the past 4 years, I have heard my colleagues on the other side of the aisle…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Feb 6, 2025

There's a reason why federal courts are stepping in to slow this process down, because Elon Musk is in flagrant disregard of rules and laws and norms here.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Feb 6, 2025

What we don't know ... whether or not the helicopter actually had their ADSP-out turned on. It sounds like it might not have been turned on, but the Army was very clear that the equipment was actually is installed in the aircraft.

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Feb 6, 2025

I thank Representative Tonko for holding this Special Order hour on preserving scientific integrity. Mr. Speaker, I am a scientist. For 25 years before entering Congress, I worked at Fermi National Accelerator Labs, smashing protons and…

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 6, 2025

My office has received more phone calls about Elon Musk's access to U.S. citizens' private data than any other topic in my six years serving in Congress.

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Robin Kelly
@robinkelly· Democratic · IL· Feb 6, 2025

We have entered Black History Month, but now Federal agencies are uncertain about how to recognize it due to new executive orders. The Pentagon even paused training about the Tuskegee Airmen because they weren't sure if teaching American…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Feb 5, 2025

after hours and hours of arguments by my Democratic colleagues--not that I woke up this morning with the desire to hear my own voice on the Senate floor--I am here because decades before I ever considered a career in politics, when I was…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 5, 2025

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 46 Leg.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 5, 2025

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 45 Ex.] YEAS--51 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 5, 2025

I want to thank my colleague from Arizona, originally from Chicago, for taking time to come this morning to the floor of the Senate. Let me also thank the Presiding Officer and the staff who have weathered this experience as we consider…

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Feb 5, 2025

unlike Donald Trump, Illinois follows the law

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