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Shelley Moore Capito
@shelleymoorecapito· Republican · WV· Jul 18, 2026

This legislation empowers President Trump to cut off the financial flows that enable Putin’s deadly invasion and to impose serious consequences on the countries that are helping finance Russia’s war machine.

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Shelley Moore Capito
@shelleymoorecapito· Republican · WV· Jul 18, 2026

Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has killed far too many and upended global stability, must come to an end,

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jul 18, 2026

Stop President Trump from surging federal agents to our polling locations, and make sure your voice is heard.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jul 18, 2026

It appears the administration values its backward goal of dismantling ED over the faithful execution of the law and improving opportunities and outcomes for children, youth, and students with disabilities.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jul 18, 2026

We have a simple demand: follow our nation’s education and appropriations laws as Congress wrote them to protect students’ most basic right to a quality education.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jul 18, 2026

Special education and vocational rehabilitation are education programs. Any attempt to move these programs to HHS would fundamentally alter the purposes of these services, upending fifty years of work that took place at the federal, state…

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jul 18, 2026

The administration’s latest attempts to dismantle the Department of Education through the four Interagency Agreements (IAA) announced June 16, 2026 are outrageous and put the educational outcomes of students and their rights in the…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 18, 2026

We need to get ICE off our streets and out of our communities. It’s long past time we abolish ICE.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 18, 2026

ICE is terrorizing people, from children and parents on their way to school drop-off, to workers and small business owners at their places of work.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 18, 2026

The officer who shot Johan Guerrero works out of this office, and it’s completely unacceptable that ICE has withheld from the public the details surrounding his murder.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2026

But to shun you and to snub you at this point, there is something else going on here.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2026

The cost of housing in the United States is a national crisis, and this law will bring long-overdue relief to the middle class.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2026

For the first time in 30 years, Congress delivered the biggest bipartisan housing bill to lower costs, build more homes and help more Illinoisans secure the American Dream of homeownership.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2026

No matter who is in the White House, I’ll always work to ensure the Senate prioritizes engagement with our Indo-Pacific partners for the long haul.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2026

As a Pacific nation, our national security and economy depend on a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2026

This is true with respect to our health care system. Now, Illinois hospitals—especially safety-net and rural hospitals—are being forced to do more with less, shuttering entire services and gutting access to care for those who need it most.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2026

The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is really anything but beautiful—it’s a big, ugly betrayal of middle-class families, Veterans and communities across our country.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 18, 2026

I want to understand if they're doing this again, and if so, how are they proceeding? What are the targets? Are they in fact going after people with criminal records?

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jul 18, 2026

278,000 non-citizens registered to vote. It is more important than ever to crush foreign election interference. It is more important than ever to pass the SAVE AMERICA ACT.

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Tommy Tuberville
@tommytuberville· Republican · AL· Jul 18, 2026

If we don’t pass the SAVE America Act, we might as well all pack up and go home. Blow up the filibuster. Whatever it takes.

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Jul 18, 2026

Tonight’s revelations in @POTUS’ speech were truly shocking. Communist China is our ENEMY and will stop at nothing to undermine our republic and destroy our way of life.

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