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Jim Banks
@jimbanks· Republican · IN· Jul 18, 2026

The Chinese Communist Party will stop at nothing to interfere in our democracy. Thank you @POTUS for shining a spotlight on the CCP’s activities here on American soil. American elections should belong to Americans, and AMERICANS ONLY, not…

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Jul 18, 2026

These awards suggest that the Department intends to select awardees for federal funding based on their political ideology, not in the interest of American taxpayers or national security.

propublica.org
Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Jul 18, 2026

Congress expects the State Department to invest resources to advance human rights, democratic institutions, civil society, freedom of expression and worker rights.

propublica.org
Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Jul 18, 2026

This administration doesn’t want to deal with advice and consent—they just want to install cronies to carry out a corrupt political agenda.

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Bernie Moreno
@berniemoreno· OH· Jul 18, 2026

If Canada will not manage its forests to prevent these fires, the United States will look elsewhere, and act on our own, to protect our people.

theguardian.com
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 18, 2026

Neither Trump nor his party can disown the deadly consequences of that approach by ICE.

theguardian.com
Jacky Rosen
@jackyrosen· Democratic · NV· Jul 18, 2026

Plain clothes. No uniforms. No body cameras. No identification. ICE is continuing to act with impunity – instilling fear in our communities and scaring tourists, which hurts our tourism economy.

theguardian.com
Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 18, 2026

But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism.

foxnews.com
Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 18, 2026

A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil.

foxnews.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 18, 2026

I think the Save Act should be passed tomorrow. I think it should have already been passed.

foxnews.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 18, 2026

States must do their part to secure our election system, and we stand by to help.

foxnews.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 18, 2026

Every state that's not participating with us should be asked the hard question why not? What are you afraid of? If they're not willing to do it ... it should raise serious questions. It's not that hard. This isn't a partisan issue.

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Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 18, 2026

If the election officials, once we gave them the information they need to secure their elections and they chose not to, then those individuals can also be held accountable by fines, by penalties, and even depending on how far it goes…

foxnews.com
Roger Marshall
@rogermarshall· Republican · KS· Jul 18, 2026

I’ve been in favor of term limits before I came to Congress. I think the last thing that we need are professional politicians up here.

foxnews.com
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jul 18, 2026

I’d like to see limits on everybody. And the best limit would be term limits and that’s what we should pass.

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Tim Sheehy
@timsheehy· MT· Jul 18, 2026

The voters will decide who they want. We have term limits, and we have age limits and that is the voter. And if they decide they want to elect an 80-year-old or 100-year-old that's up to the voters.

foxnews.com
Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Jul 17, 2026

The recent lease sale results were not surprising, given the acreage already leased and the continued partisan push against responsible development.

alaskabeacon.com
Kelly Ayotte
@kellyayotte· Republican · NH· Jul 17, 2026

This bill gives voters a say about their local property taxes and ensures Granite Staters’ voices are heard.

newhampshirebulletin.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 17, 2026

The machines have to be secured and your voter registration list needs to be scrubbed.

ncnewsline.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 17, 2026

I hope that you share in the commitment to ensure that only U.S. citizens participate in our federal elections.

rhodeislandcurrent.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 17, 2026

If the states that choose not to participate with the SAVE program and they choose not to participate in securing the elections, we will make sure that we make those states a priority to look at who voted in their states, and hold the…

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

Even today, the very idea that far-left terrorism could be a serious threat is treated as a right-wing fever dream, or worse, as a dangerous fascist conspiracy.

thestar.com