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John Fetterman
@johnfetterman· Democratic · PA· Jul 31, 2026

I don’t know if the Democratic Party is ‘big tent’ enough for proud, pro-Israel supporters that also strongly reject the warped mutation of democratic socialists now rising in their ranks.

commondreams.org
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 31, 2026

The American worker must not be undercut and cheated by foreign companies that use slave labor. Our job is to defend the Homeland, and that includes protecting our citizens from unfair competition that not only disadvantages Americans, but…

dailycaller.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 31, 2026

Today we are adding 43 Chinese companies to the UFLPA Entity List, and DHS will ensure their products do not enter our country.

dailycaller.com
Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Jul 31, 2026

Look, Trump has had no plan for Intel. He’s had no plan for intelligence for months and months, and I assume that’s going to continue.

dailycaller.com
Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jul 31, 2026

I have underlying problems with the way Section 702 is designed. [A lack of a warrant is] one of the problems.

dailycaller.com
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 31, 2026

Well, first we have to make sure [acting DNI Bill] Pulte is out, and second, many of us want to get 702 enacted, but it needs some reforms.

dailycaller.com
Charles E. Schumer
@charleseschumer· NY· Jul 31, 2026

Democratic staff is the most diverse it has been since we began collecting this data, with 40% more staffers of color than in 2017. That progress makes the Senate stronger, more effective, and more representative of the country we serve…

rollcall.com
Charles E. Schumer
@charleseschumer· NY· Jul 31, 2026

While Donald Trump is purging people of color from public service and waging war on diversity, Senate Democrats are moving in the opposite direction — and the results speak for themselves.

rollcall.com
John Curtis
@johncurtis· Republican · UT· Jul 31, 2026

It protects the rights of the minority in the Senate—even when it’s a minority of one.

realclearpolitics.com
Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jul 31, 2026

We urge our Republican colleagues to stand with Democrats and assert Congress’s authority as a separate branch of the federal government.

theguardian.com
Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jul 31, 2026

The Republican-controlled Congress had surrendered its constitutional authority to the president.

theguardian.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 31, 2026

This shouldn’t be a red or blue state issue: ONLY Americans should elect American leaders.

foxnews.com
Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Jul 31, 2026

A hundred years from now, when we look back on our moment, we're not gonna talk about our politics very much. I think we're gonna talk about the fact that we are living through a technological revolution.

foxnews.com
Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Jul 31, 2026

The potential and the capacity of most souls and most brains is a lot more than that, and we've just got a disastrous system.

foxnews.com
Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Jul 31, 2026

Our educational systems are just a complete disaster.

foxnews.com
Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Jul 31, 2026

I want the U.S. Via decentralized corporate structures to rule the world, not CCP, tyrannical, Maoist to rule of the world, and I think most middle powers, most countries in the world, know that somewhere between 25 years from now, we're…

foxnews.com
Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Jul 31, 2026

It doesn’t seem to me that what the government is doing is in any way conducive to having a real negotiation.

nationalpost.com
Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Jul 31, 2026

It’s kind of like he doesn’t want to have an agreement, to me.

nationalpost.com
Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Jul 31, 2026

I sure as hell was not going to quit while Donald Trump was sitting down the street.

virginiamercury.com
Kevin Cramer
@kevincramer· Republican · ND· Jul 31, 2026

I’ve known Dan for more than 30 years and, without a doubt, his legal experience, character, and judicial temperament will make him an outstanding appellate judge.

northdakotamonitor.com
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jul 31, 2026

The Chinese Communist Party is an authoritarian regime that jails dissidents, silences religious believers, and violates basic freedoms.

cruz.senate.gov