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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Dec 17, 2024

No, it didn't surprise me ultimately, because the people that serve on Ethics understand, I mean, Republican and Democrat, they understand that they're kind of the guardian of the flame really. They're responsible for ensuring that we hold…

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Dec 17, 2024

Matt Gaetz has made it clear, he still wants to be in government. He only basically had to pull out of being attorney general. Let's keep that in mind. He almost was attorney general of the United States. That was Donald Trump's number one…

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Dec 17, 2024

the debt ceiling is going to have to go up, but he doesn't want to have to take ownership for it because he will again for four years look at the Democrats and blame them.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Dec 17, 2024

a convicted felon, an adjudicated rapist, and a congenital liar.

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Dec 17, 2024

Trump sends out a tweet saying they ought to pass a clean CR with a debt ceiling -- raising the debt ceiling, because as Adam says, he doesn't want to be blamed for it.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Dec 17, 2024

a racist, sexist, misogynistic narcissist who wants to use the levers of power to enrich himself and punish anyone who dares speak a word against him.

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Danny Davis
@dannydavis· Democratic · IL· Dec 17, 2024

I couldn't let the evening go by without coming to pay tribute to Barbara, one of the fiercest, most courageous, hardest working, and most energized persons I have ever known during my lifetime. Seeing what you have contributed and the way…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Dec 17, 2024

I would like to take a minute to note the fiscal year 2025 NDAA conference agreement the Senate is voting on this week. Congress has passed a bipartisan Defense authorization bill every year without fail since 1961, a remarkable feat. And…

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger· Republican · IL· Dec 17, 2024

He is mad because he was embarrassed, but he also knows that the only thing right now that unifies the Republican Party... is victimhood.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Dec 17, 2024

I am saddened by the comment from Sherrod that this is his farewell speech. As I said to several of my colleagues, we lose so many good ones here, and after we have lost them to retirement and to election results, the Senate really is an…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Dec 17, 2024

I have three requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod· Democratic · IL· Dec 17, 2024

Everyone who's watching this should strap on their seatbelts because this is what the next four years are going to be like.

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Dec 16, 2024

In closing, I encourage all Members to support this legislation. It is life-changing legislation for our Nation's veterans. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Dec 16, 2024

Once again, I encourage Members to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost) that the House suspend the rules…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Dec 16, 2024

Once again, I encourage all Members to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost) that the House suspend the…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Dec 16, 2024

I have no further speakers, I am ready to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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