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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Aug 31, 2025

Senate Democrats will make sure that any and every measure that would make it even more difficult for Americans to vote will be dead on arrival in the Senate.

nbcnews.com
Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Aug 31, 2025

Unfortunately, it didn't reflect reality at all. And that makes it just extremely difficult to listen to what essentially amounted to pure propaganda.

commondreams.org
Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Aug 31, 2025

People are starving, and anybody who tells you that people are not starving in Gaza is lying to you.

commondreams.org
Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Aug 30, 2025

Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.

thehill.com
Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Aug 30, 2025

Under the US Constitution, Congress has the power of the purse, and the Government Accountability Office has concluded that this type of rescission is unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act.

commondreams.org
Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Aug 30, 2025

This is an apparent attempt to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval.

thehill.com
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 30, 2025

A ballroom in the White House will be used by presidents, both Republicans and Democrats, and it’s being funded without a penny of taxpayer money.

breitbart.com
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 30, 2025

There’s nothing in the law that says that.

breitbart.com
John Fetterman
@johnfetterman· Democratic · PA· Aug 30, 2025

The plans are going to be done in a tasteful and historical kind of way.

breitbart.com
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Aug 30, 2025

By keeping Robert Kennedy in charge of HHS, Trump is doubling down on his own failure.

motherjones.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 30, 2025

It is absurd to have to say this in 2025, but vaccines are safe and effective.

commondreams.org
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 30, 2025

America's healthcare system is already dysfunctional and wildly expensive, and yet the Trump administration will be throwing an estimated 15 million people off their health insurance.

commondreams.org
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Aug 30, 2025

Trump and Congressional Republicans are hellbent on rejecting bipartisanship and ‘going it alone’ this fall.

thehill.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 30, 2025

Secretary Kennedy is putting Americans' lives in danger, and he must resign.

commondreams.org
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 30, 2025

The reality is that Secretary Kennedy has profited from and built a career on sowing mistrust in vaccines.

motherjones.com