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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 20, 2024

We cannot expect school staff to keep our students safe and healthy and learning when they are paid starvation wages.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jun 20, 2024

I watched him with Paul Ryan and he destroyed Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan with the water, he was chugging water at a left and right. I didn't think a human being would be able to drink so much water at one time, and he beat Paul Ryan. So I'm not…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jun 20, 2024

They say he hurts Biden more than he hurts me. I don't know if that's true or not, but they say he hurts Biden because he's a serious left person. You know what, if he is, that's good. I don't really care.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2024

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Chair execute the order of June 4, 2024, with respect to the Sullivan nomination and that the confirmation vote occur at 11:40 a.m. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2024

Madam President, I am a liberal arts lawyer. I am not a doctor, and I am not a researcher. So when I get into these fields, I want to say the words I use very carefully, not to misstate what is clearly the case. But this was an amazing…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2024

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2024

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Massachussetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Washington (Mrs…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jun 20, 2024

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record an article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune a year ago on May 3, 2023, be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in…

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· Jun 20, 2024

Mr. President, for the first time in 24 years, this week, Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin visited the North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un. This rare trip was a sign of a new reality, and it amounts to bad news for the United States and for…

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jun 20, 2024

Thank you. I want to thank you all for appearing here today, and especially to our teachers on the panel.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jun 20, 2024

Thank you. I want to thank you all for appearing here today, and especially to our teachers on the panel.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 20, 2024

Madam President, I am back with my trusty, battered ``Time to Wake Up'' chart, and the last time I spoke on the Senate floor on this subject, I reviewed some recent warnings from the Economist magazine, from the Potsdam Institute, and from…

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jun 19, 2024

Thank you. I want to thank you all for appearing here today, and especially to our teachers on the panel.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jun 19, 2024

The fact is that everything he's saying so far is simply a lie. I'm not here to call out his lies. Everybody knows he's a liar.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jun 19, 2024

Trump's assault on democracy isn't just part of his past. That's what he's promising for the future.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Jun 19, 2024

A school-based clinic with mental health professionals embedded within a school with a high need would be a better alternative than asking teachers to do that.

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