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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 23, 2026

Roughly 40,000 children in New York benefit from access to Head Start and the early childhood education and comprehensive services it provides families.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

It looks like protecting Americans from economic coercion and instability, finalizing real commitments on AI, protecting human rights and maintaining our advantages in the areas that matter the most while building our national security—not…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

A successful bilateral relationship doesn’t look like chaotic tariffs, leaving American farmers devastated, throwing our allies under the bus to cozy up to dictators and creating more challenges for Americans.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2026

President Trump is fundamentally unable to manage the United States’ relationship with the People’s Republic of China.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

I watch a lot of American news coverage, and it sounds, in some cases, for example, like they’re rooting for Iran.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

America needs to lead the world in AI, but we have to do it in a way that doesn’t harm our country.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

A group like that can never have a nuclear weapon, and if we can achieve that outcome in a positive way, we’d love to do it.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

Unfortunately, that’s been the tradition and the rule for the State Department, is that we don’t inject ourselves in domestic politics.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

If we can’t use our base when we have a contingency, then what’s the point of having the base?

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

This was about national security, both for missile defense, defense of the Arctic, defense of waterways – all of that was critical.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

We cannot afford to not be at the leading edge of AI because it’s going to happen.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

The person in charge of all of these things is the President. He’s the decision maker and oftentimes the implementer.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

We think that would be a great idea, an energy infrastructure ceasefire in which you’re not – Ukraine’s infrastructure is not being targeted, Russian energy supplies are not being targeted as well.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

The President has always wanted to end this war and is prepared to do anything he can to bring it to an end.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

We will always stand with Saudi Arabia and support them because we have an agreement with them to do so.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

You never close the door to agreements or diplomacy because sometimes things change in the system.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

We need to remember that when we talk. We’re not just talking about politicians here. We’re talking about people who are theologically driven to make the decisions that they make.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

Imagine if they had a nuclear weapon and the ability to use that against their neighbors, against us, against the world. That can never happen.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

These people can never have nuclear weapons.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

At the core of all this – we talk about oil, we talk about the Straits of Hormuz – the central issue here is Iran is run by lunatic clerics, okay?

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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· Sep 23, 2026

It’s hard to overstate the monumental impact of @POTUS ‘s historic agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland. Many thought an achievement of this magnitude was impossible, but @realDonaldTrump has proven once again that he knows…

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Jim Banks
@jimbanks· Republican · IN· Sep 23, 2026

They said it couldn’t be done, but @POTUS just proved the foreign policy establishment wrong again. This historic agreement with Denmark ensures the United States and our allies will be able to secure Greenland and the High North against…

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2026

This historic deal is a huge win for the United States and the American people. Thanks to President Trump’s vision and leadership, this historic agreement permanently guarantees U.S. security interests in the Arctic at zero cost to the…

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