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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jul 14, 2026

To lower housing costs for families, we need to build more housing. Developments like the Village at Technology Hill and the Roosevelt East Apartments will help more Granite Staters find an affordable place to live and stay in New…

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jul 14, 2026

New Hampshire's farms are essential to our state's economy and way of life. President Trump's policies are driving up costs and making it harder for farms like Beaver Pond to feed Granite Staters.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 14, 2026

Methadone is a proven, effective treatment for opioid use disorder and patients need real access to it.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 14, 2026

For an issue as fast-moving and important to American families - the surging proliferation of data centers - we need a national framework that can proactively tackle all of these issues together.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 14, 2026

Communities are organizing and demanding action to protect their air, water, energy bills, and quality of life from the tsunami of data centers around the country.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jul 14, 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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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

Accordingly, we insist that the Postal Service abandon this proposed regulation and return to its core mission of providing universal postal services to every American. The Constitution and federal law demand nothing less.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

We write for a second time regarding the unconstitutional and illegal attempt to transform the United States Postal Service into an election administration agency controlled by the White House and President Trump.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

It has been my honor to be your partner in the fight for human rights and dignity.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

That is why days like today are so important—to give voice to the innocent, begin the process of healing, and make the solemn promise ‘never again.’

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

Sadly, the United States today is making the same mistakes that it did in Rwanda, turning away rather than turning towards.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

As we see in Sudan and Burma, oppressive regimes are mercilessly targeting civilians, using many of the same tactics from Rwanda more than 30 years ago.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

The United States failed to act and prevent the Rwandan genocide—and during my stay, I reflected on how we, as a nation, could strive to never make that same mistake again.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

This ruling is an affront to good governance and the point of ‘independent’ federal agencies in the first place.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

Now, this President can fire whomever he perceives as his enemy at these agencies without so much as citing cause.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

The Supreme Court just overturned well-established precedent to greenlight Donald Trump’s threats to independent federal agencies.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

While today’s ruling is a temporary win, we know the President will not concede and only ramp up his attacks.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

President Trump’s politically motivated criminal investigation of Lisa Cook, without cause, is all about his abuse of power and intimidation tactics.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

To preserve the right to vote for every eligible American, Congress must take action to protect this precious right, including passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore and strengthen the protections of the Voting…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

While today’s Supreme Court ruling was a victory, voting rights are still under attack.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

There is nothing more fundamental in a democracy than the right to vote, whether that be in person at the polls or with a mail-in ballot.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

We are a nation of immigrants, and we must end this anti-immigrant campaign fueled by fear and hatred.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

While I am relieved that the Court rightly decided that birthright citizenship is the law of the land, I would be naive to believe that this will stop Trump’s attacks.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Jul 14, 2026

President Trump’s illegal birthright citizenship order was not just an attack on our Constitution—it was an attack on millions of Americans who have immigrant heritage.

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