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

I don't know one person in this country. I don't believe there's one person who went to the polls on -- in November and said, man, I really want Greenland.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jan 5, 2025

Jan 6th is a reminder to me: cowardice spreads like wildfire… this country needs leaders who are willing to tell the people the truth, not pander to lies.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jan 5, 2025

It's about the American people deserving to know who they're electing as president, deserving to know what actually happened on January 6th, and they're not going to get that information.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jan 5, 2025

I think there's a lot of frustration. And I want to be clear, I think the frustration, you know, at least on my end and probably on the presidents end has nothing to do with like we really wanted retribution. And that didn't happen fast…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2025

How they described what happened four years ago is shear fantasy. We need to say that Donald trump in 2020 told a malignant flagrant lie and sold it to his supporters who came to Washington on the basis of that lie and stormed the Capitol…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2025

If he does all of those things, God bless him, good for him and good for the country.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jan 5, 2025

I think history ultimately is going to be very accurate. On what happened on January 6th. Once Donald Trump is out of office in four years, he'll be far less popular than he went into office.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Jan 5, 2025

I do believe that you are elected not to advance the interest of your party but advance the interest of your country.

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Jan 5, 2025

I mean, it's interesting. So, you know, like with Graham saying he prefaced his statement with -- the president can do what he wants, right?

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Delia Ramirez
@deliaramirez· Democratic · IL· Jan 3, 2025

In their first order of business, Republicans advanced a legislative package that abuses the power of Congress to persecute trans children athletes, take federal funding away from sanctuary cities like Chicago and Illinois, scapegoat…

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Delia Ramirez
@deliaramirez· Democratic · IL· Jan 3, 2025

Speaker Johnson has said that the 119th Congress will be consequential. Today, both in Speaker Johnson's address and in the rules package the Republicans have passed, Republicans have shown us what the consequences of their leadership will…

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Delia Ramirez
@deliaramirez· Democratic · IL· Jan 3, 2025

Overall, they are using the rules to make Congress less transparent, less accountable, and less responsive to the needs of the American people.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Dec 20, 2024

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from California (Mr. Schiff) are necessarily absent. Mr. THUNE: The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) and the…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Dec 20, 2024

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from California (Mr. Schiff) are necessarily absent.

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Mike Quigley
@mikequigley· Democratic · IL· Dec 20, 2024

Today, as in every day, we open the House with the Pledge of Allegiance and the words ``with liberty and justice for all.'' However, some of our Nation's greatest ills have come from moments when we have chosen to make exceptions to…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Dec 20, 2024

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from California (Mr. Schiff) are necessarily absent.-

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