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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 11, 2024

Trump wants to pardon those January 6th insurrections. It's outrageous. It's wrong. And I will never let it happen.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 11, 2024

Another four years of Donald Trump is deadly serious, deadly serious.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 11, 2024

Unlike Donald Trump, I don't work for big oil. I don't work for big pharma. I don't work for the National Rifle Association. I work for you, the American people.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 11, 2024

We're going to protect our children. We're going to get weapons of war off the street. Yeah, we're to ban assault weapons.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, just to alert our colleagues, it is my intention at the end of this debate to make a point of order that this joint resolution is not entitled to privilege under 50 U.S.C. 1546a due to U.S. troops not being engaged in…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Jul 11, 2024

In a brief rebuttal, I will tell you a mission dealing with humanitarian assistance is not introducing our soldiers. Point of Order Mr. President, I yield back our time, and I make a point of order that this joint resolution is not…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, there is no dispute that there is active hostility in Gaza. That is not the issue. The question is whether American troops have been engaged in that hostility, and they are not. That is when the War Powers Act is triggered…

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jul 11, 2024

Madam President, I am glad the Presiding Officer is in the Chair because, committed as I know she is to solving real problems, the legislation that we are going to pass here momentarily by unanimous consent has been 7 years in the making…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Mark Kelly
@markkelly· Democratic · AZ· Jul 11, 2024

the Democrats have made their intentions clear to oppose the pro-growth tax policies from the 2017 Trump tax cuts

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jul 11, 2024

Madam President, I further ask that the Cornyn substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, it is no secret that, in recent years, the Supreme Court has become a political target for our friends across the aisle, the Democrats. I still remember a time--maybe it was a quaint period during our Nation's history--when…

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Jerry Moran
@jerrymoran· Republican · KS· Jul 11, 2024

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled for 1:45 p.m. commence immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Jerry Moran
@jerrymoran· Republican · KS· Jul 11, 2024

Madam President, the Senator from Arizona, I want to speak just briefly about the vote that we just cast but, more than the vote, the topic that it represents. The pier constructed to deliver aid to Gaza is a failure, was a failure, and it…

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Jerry Moran
@jerrymoran· Republican · KS· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the House for passing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act led by fellow Texan Representative Chip Roy. Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution establishes Congress' role in Federal…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11