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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Aug 7, 2026

Importers pushed the costs of tariffs onto American consumers and small businesses — with estimates showing that American families will have ended up paying 95% of the tariffs.

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Aug 7, 2026

The Senate has leverage over the fund only because Blanche's nomination is pending.

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Aug 7, 2026

I will oppose Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 7, 2026

This does not serve the American people well.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 7, 2026

Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this. But the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 7, 2026

A never-ending cycle of prosecuting political enemies undermines the rule of law, degrades the public's trust in our institutions, and makes our politics more extreme.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 7, 2026

I'll be criticized for this vote. What's new?

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Katie Britt
@katiebritt· Republican · AL· Aug 7, 2026

But like how did he get with Katy Perry? That’s actually the question we should be getting to.

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Katie Britt
@katiebritt· Republican · AL· Aug 7, 2026

It’s like, he used to be in charge of a whole country, now we sort of see him frolic.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 7, 2026

Cost-cutting measures are necessary to right-size an organization many conservatives see as bloated and overly bureaucratic.

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Aug 7, 2026

I am also keenly aware that the Department’s nearly $2-billion dollar slush fund—which likely would have rewarded January 6 protesters—is only off the table because this nomination is pending and the Senate has leverage.

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Aug 7, 2026

I take issue with the handling of the release of the Epstein files; the sweeping immunity protections granted to the President, his family, and their businesses; the statements that have been made to anti-abortion groups; and the repeated…

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Aug 7, 2026

The politicization—even weaponization—of the Department did not start with this administration but has accelerated during it,

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Aug 7, 2026

I hope Mr. Blanche is able to achieve that, if confirmed, but I simply do not have confidence that will be the case.

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Aug 7, 2026

The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 7, 2026

There is a real migratory crisis, and even in this particular case, not just Springfield, Charleroi, other places like that.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 7, 2026

If you see something out there, a video that just seems way too scandalous, I would pause for a second and make sure that it can be verified.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Aug 7, 2026

The election is basically here, and we have work to do to energize, to organize, and to mobilize.

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Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Aug 7, 2026

Attacks on synagogues, mosques, churches and other houses of worship are unfortunately on the rise in Michigan, and across the country.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 7, 2026

The First Amendment guarantees every American the right to freely exercise their faith, and Congress has a duty to ensure that guarantee is met.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 7, 2026

It’s not a radical idea to require companies in America to provide at least two weeks of paid vacation to their workers. What’s radical is that millions of Americans are not only working longer hours for lower wages, but that they do not…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 7, 2026

We hear a lot of talk about family values in America, but let’s be clear: When a husband, wife, and kids, during the course of an entire year, are unable to spend any time together on vacation, that is not a family value. That is an attack…

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