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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jul 23, 2026

They are spending money in order to get a pro-crypto bill passed through the United States Senate and House of Representatives.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jul 23, 2026

We should, in this election, make crypto’s purchase of our political process, AI’s purchase of our political process, a major campaign issue.

theintercept.com
Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jul 23, 2026

This bill is in front of the Senate because the industry paid for it.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 23, 2026

So instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats.

dailycaller.com
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 23, 2026

She or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes, right?

dailycaller.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 23, 2026

The president clearly thought this war would last about as long as his attention span, and in that he was sadly deluded.

rollcall.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 23, 2026

I mean, what kind of a bizarre, addled, brain-mush statement is that?

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Jul 23, 2026

Trump has abused every trade authority at his disposal and he is now excavating a law from the Great Depression to once again impose vast, unilateral tariffs on products from one of our closest allies and trading partners.

thestar.com
Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Jul 23, 2026

The Trump administration had lost the plot on its tariff strategy.

thestar.com
Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 23, 2026

Caitlin is a generational talent. Her hard work and dedication should be rewarded, not penalized.

iowacapitaldispatch.com
Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Jul 23, 2026

So, I hope, for Caitlin and the growth of women’s basketball, things improve quickly in the WNBA.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

Nearly 30 years ago, Congress had the courage to take on the tobacco industry, whose products killed more than 400,000 Americans every year. Today, on a bipartisan basis, the Senate HELP Committee finally stood up to the greed of the food…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

I am delighted that the HELP Committee passed the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act that I introduced. For decades, the food and beverage industry has made massive profits by enticing children to consume unhealthy products purposely…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

No one who works for a company making billions in profits should be living in poverty.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

It is time for the Walton family, worth $485 billion, and Mr. Bezos, worth $257 billion, to get off of welfare and pay their workers a living wage with good benefits.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

American taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the starvation wages of large corporations like Walmart and Amazon.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jul 23, 2026

This was an unusual communication that served no legitimate purpose: rather than receiving necessary information about benefits or a critical communication from the SSA, recipients received a partisan, politicized message — containing…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Jul 23, 2026

This was an unusual communication that served no legitimate purpose: rather than receiving necessary information about benefits or a critical communication from the SSA, recipients received a partisan, politicized message — containing…

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jul 23, 2026

This was an unusual communication that served no legitimate purpose: rather than receiving necessary information about benefits or a critical communication from the SSA, recipients received a partisan, politicized message — containing…

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jul 23, 2026

What the data show is the American people picked up about 95 percent of the cost of those Trump tariffs. They’ve paid an average of $1,700.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Jul 23, 2026

After Donald Trump promised he would lower costs on day one, he put in place tariffs that have done nothing but raise prices for consumers.

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