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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Jul 17, 2026

After listening to the president’s rambling address, I want him to know that the SAVE America Act is going NOWHERE in the Senate. It belongs in the trash with the rest of Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories. America, use your vote and your…

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Jul 17, 2026

Our national debt is a runaway train. The next reconciliation bill should be fully paid for.

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Jul 17, 2026

If we don’t get this done, we’re gonna to — I think we’re gonna have to stay.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 17, 2026

Again, the question is $60 billion worth the risk of putting something like that on the floor, and all the other harm that could potentially come from that.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jul 17, 2026

It's a waste of time. It's an exercise of futility, and those are the only positive things I can think of to say about it.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jul 17, 2026

If we keep on layering layers of complexity, like another bogus attempt at the SAVE Act, then we're never gonna get it done.

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Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Jul 17, 2026

For decades, foreign students have been admitted into the US indefinitely, allowing thousands to abuse our immigration system by perpetually enrolling in courses to avoid having to leave the US.

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

We strongly urge the Department to return its focus to a serious mission set that is definitionally apolitical, data-driven, and rooted in reality.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Jul 17, 2026

He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Jul 17, 2026

The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2026

Let's be clear - in America, voters choose their leaders, not the other way around.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jul 17, 2026

The killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was horrifying, and there must be a credible, independent, and transparent investigation so that those responsible are held accountable.

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Jul 17, 2026

This bombshell is absolutely appalling — exactly the intolerable danger that we feared as a result of arrest quotas and inadequate training.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 17, 2026

The Trump administration rushed 12,000 agents onto our streets without ensuring they were fit to carry a badge and a gun — and Republicans gave this rogue agency vast power and no accountability.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Jul 17, 2026

The people of Washington state deserve someone in this role who will enforce the law fairly and responsibly — not some Trump administration sock puppet.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Jul 17, 2026

Roger Rogoff is eminently qualified — throughout his career, he has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to public service, and he was appointed legally by the federal judges in the Western District of Washington.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jul 17, 2026

There should not be any reason why, based on what Mr. Blanche said yesterday, if he said that he would do it today, then he can certainly do it over the next two weeks.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jul 17, 2026

I'm trying to get to yes, but this is a very important part of getting to yes.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jul 17, 2026

Mr. Blanche said very quickly yesterday that he would meet with the victims, the Epstein victims, today if it could be arranged.

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Stephen Miller
@stephenmiller· Nullifier · SC· Jul 17, 2026

If your civilization is your home, you must defend it with the same passion and force as if an enemy intruder is inside your own house where your family lives.

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

So many people in positions of power have repeatedly dismissed acts of violence and even terrorism as legitimate forms of political expression, so long as they served a left-wing cause.

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Jon Husted
@jonhusted· OH· Jul 16, 2026

We’ve cut taxes, eliminated three business taxes, and invested in infrastructure and our workforce.

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Raphael Warnock
@raphaelwarnock· Democratic · GA· Jul 16, 2026

We have to invest in our children because we don’t know where the cure for cancer’s going to come from.

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