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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Aug 6, 2026

Trump’s FCC just opened the floodgates for even worse media consolidation.

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Mitch McConnell
@mitchmcconnell· Republican · KY· Aug 6, 2026

Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to continue my recovery at home.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 6, 2026

What I hope everybody appreciates is that what happened in Michigan yesterday is literally unprecedented in modern American history.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

So he needs to pay more attention to domestic issues and affordability.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

I think that’s a real danger. And I think in any election, it’s not enough to disparage your opponent. You got to talk about the positive things that you’re doing for people.

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Aug 6, 2026

I strongly oppose this decision to circumvent Congress and will continue fighting to protect localism, competition, and the public interest.

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Charles E. Grassley
@charlesegrassley· IA· Aug 6, 2026

This was the seventh farm bill I have been involved with since 1992 and the first one that I can recall that we are not doing on a bipartisan basis.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 6, 2026

There’s some states that are going to be on the hook for a pretty big payment.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 6, 2026

There was a score on it that was a disappointing score, but there’s at least some conversations taking place by some with the CBO to get that re-scored.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Aug 6, 2026

That's the golden goose. It's those people that take that money. They don't put it in a mattress. They invest it in businesses and grow the economy, which I would argue is the No. 1 component of the solution for all these problems…

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Aug 6, 2026

The chair directed Anthony Fauci to answer. He refused again. That is what we are voting on today - not his opinions, not his policies, not anything he said from a podium six years ago.

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Jon Ossoff
@jonossoff· Democratic · GA· Aug 6, 2026

The Ossoff campaign is building unstoppable grassroots momentum to push back against Republican dark money, power our massive and winning coalition over the next four months, and resoundingly defeat Trump loyalist Mike Collins at the…

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Catherine Cortez Masto
@catherinecortezmasto· Democratic · NV· Aug 6, 2026

It protects immigrant families from fraud. And it’s been updated to address the new threats we’re seeing under the second Trump administration.

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Catherine Cortez Masto
@catherinecortezmasto· Democratic · NV· Aug 6, 2026

The legislation pulls down some of the arbitrary barriers in our current immigration laws that keep people undocumented with no way of fixing their status.

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Catherine Cortez Masto
@catherinecortezmasto· Democratic · NV· Aug 6, 2026

Every day, we’re hearing about masked agents without identification coming into our neighborhoods with the intention of intimidating and attacking immigrants.

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Catherine Cortez Masto
@catherinecortezmasto· Democratic · NV· Aug 6, 2026

I think I speak for everyone here when I say that we thoroughly understand the failures of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

And as the Supreme Court has now held, the 'legally protected interest' the Establishment Clause protects against, and which therefore must underlie any claim of injury giving rise to standing, is religious coercion.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

Merely being offended by the display’s presence does not amount to coercion.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2026

Plaintiffs here cannot allege that the passive display of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the State Capitol forces them to participate in religious practices or attend church, just as Coach Kennedy’s personal prayer at the…

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