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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Feb 13, 2025

If Trump's Tax on Working Families continues, grocery and beer prices will continue to rise and the cost of cars, electronics, and appliances will only increase.

newsweek.com
Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 12, 2025

In any of these tasks … Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. would find himself unqualified, unfit, and dangerous to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

truthout.org
Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 12, 2025

Every day, federal health officials decide whether to approve new medications … initiate a recall over a contaminated food … investigate new therapies for cancer clinical trials … alert doctors about an emerging disease outbreak.

truthout.org
Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

Some people have said that this bill is unnecessary because what is being done by the White House is simply going after waste, fraud, and abuse. I want to explain why that is actually the opposite of what they are doing. First, we have to…

govinfo.gov
Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

Joseph Stalin said that one death is a tragedy and a million deaths is a statistic. When we talk about constitutional crises and hacks into $5 trillion systems, that risks sounding like a statistic. I want to share just a couple of stories…

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

I thank the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore) for her remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner).

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

Haley Stevens and I introduced the Taxpayer Data Protection Act last week. This is a very simple but, tragically, an urgently necessary bill to address the hack of the U.S. Treasury payment system by Elon Musk and his band of IT goons last…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

Ask Susan Collins. She put some of those on the Supreme Court.

alternet.org
Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

It's not good for anybody. It's not good for the country.

alternet.org
Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

They are worse than useless. And they are putting every American at risk.

alternet.org
Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

Confirming her as DNI serves only to tell Trump that Senate Rs would rather lick his boots than do a single damn thing to protect our national security.

alternet.org
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

He failed at his job because he hired Grayson despite documented issues.

nbcnews.com
Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

Although Mr. Patel is President Trump’s nominee to be FBI Director, he is still a private citizen with no role in government.

nbcnews.com
Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

I have received highly credible information from multiple sources that Kash Patel has been personally directing the ongoing purge of career civil servants at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

nbcnews.com
Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

If these allegations are true, Mr. Patel may have perjured himself before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

nbcnews.com
Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 11, 2025

Congress was not provided the legally required 30-day notice and case-specific reasons for removal, as required by law.

msnbc.com