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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 30, 2025

There’s nothing in the law that says that.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 30, 2025

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

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 29, 2025

I joked with @POTUS that I had four jobs. He told me to give one to my friend @RussVought47. So I did.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Aug 29, 2025

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

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Aug 29, 2025

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

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Aug 29, 2025

Given that this package was sent to Congress very close to the end of the fiscal year when the funds are scheduled to expire, this is an apparent attempt to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Aug 29, 2025

Donald Trump knew Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be a disastrous pick to lead health care in America and he nominated him anyway.

msnbc.com
Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Aug 29, 2025

This new Republican policy to detain firefighters on the job is as immoral as it is dangerous.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Aug 29, 2025

Isn’t it a little preposterous to say that the president of the United States — the elected president of the United States, working of course in concert with Congress — doesn’t have the ability to make these determinations?

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Aug 29, 2025

Article I of the Constitution makes clear that Congress has the responsibility for the power of the purse.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Aug 29, 2025

I am demanding immediate answers from this administration about the circumstances of this incident.

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Tina Smith
@tinasmith· Democratic · MN· Aug 29, 2025

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bulls---.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Aug 29, 2025

We really do have, I think, a mental health crisis in the United States of America.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Aug 29, 2025

He’s the last person making phone calls at night, and he’s the first person who wakes up and the first person making phone calls in the morning.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Aug 29, 2025

The question is: Do we want a person who makes a mistake like that to be a person who sits on the Federal Reserve Board, which makes important monetary policy for the entire country?

reason.com
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Aug 29, 2025

RFK Jr.’s stubborn, pigheaded, and conspiracy-based attacks on proven science are going to make many more people sick and cause more deaths.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Aug 29, 2025

This story from Politico is journalistic malpractice. But it's more than that: it's a foreign influence operation meant to hurt the administration and one of our most effective members.

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