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Mitch McConnell
@mitchmcconnell· Republican · KY· Jul 13, 2026

I still have unfinished business to complete on your behalf, and I have every intention of finishing the job you elected me to do.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 12, 2026

Marco Rubio is leading the charge to take the far-left terror crusade global.

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Tim Scott
@timscott· Republican · SC· Jul 12, 2026

Lindsey Graham is irreplaceable. What you do, however, is you try to move on, and our state will have to move on.

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Tim Scott
@timscott· Republican · SC· Jul 12, 2026

What we'll need is a champion who steps up to the plate not for politics, but for serving our country.

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Tim Scott
@timscott· Republican · SC· Jul 12, 2026

I'm going to rename it in honor of Lindsey Graham, and we'll now have the 'Lindsey Graham Prayer Breakfast' going on for as long as I'm in public service.

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Tim Scott
@timscott· Republican · SC· Jul 12, 2026

The best way for me to honor him is to talk about his legacy as a person and as a public servant.

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Tim Scott
@timscott· Republican · SC· Jul 12, 2026

If you want to know who he was, he was a person who believed that, when you left this country, you should be safe no matter where you go and no matter what it cost.

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Tim Scott
@timscott· Republican · SC· Jul 12, 2026

He was always committed to the priorities that he thought was important, not just for him, but for me.

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Tim Scott
@timscott· Republican · SC· Jul 12, 2026

He wanted to make sure that those who would sometimes feel invisible, that they were seen.

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Tim Scott
@timscott· Republican · SC· Jul 12, 2026

To remember Lindsey Graham, Margaret, is honestly to remember his very humble beginnings.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 12, 2026

The idling of the DFA’s St. Albans plant is heartbreaking news for the plant’s workers, Vermont’s dairy farmers, and this community.

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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Jul 12, 2026

After hearing from farmers and ranchers across Colorado, especially those who are just getting started or facing barriers to accessing federal resources, it is clear our conservation programs are falling short of their promise. By making…

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Ben Ray Luján
@benraylujn· Democratic · NM· Jul 12, 2026

Growing up on my family’s small farm in Nambé, I saw firsthand the hard work it takes to keep a farm running. Farmers and ranchers deserve access to federal conservation programs that work for them, especially as the climate crisis…

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Raphael Warnock
@raphaelwarnock· Democratic · GA· Jul 12, 2026

I’m proud to have contributed to increasing our nation’s housing supply and lowering costs for hardworking Georgia families.

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Raphael Warnock
@raphaelwarnock· Democratic · GA· Jul 12, 2026

I hear from Georgians across the state who have been clamoring for action from Washington on the affordable housing crisis, and this legislation is proof that when we center the people instead of the politics, we can get good policy done

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Raphael Warnock
@raphaelwarnock· Democratic · GA· Jul 12, 2026

This legislation is proof that when we center the people instead of the politics, we can get good policy done

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Jul 12, 2026

Rather than focusing on fulfilling the statutory purposes of a grant program, applicants and recipients will be forced to play an endless guessing game, trying to determine which of their activities may or may not run afoul of OMB’s…

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Mark R. Warner
@markrwarner· VA· Jul 12, 2026

With the passage of this legislation, American families are one step closer to affording a place to call home.

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Mark R. Warner
@markrwarner· VA· Jul 12, 2026

This landmark law will boost the housing supply while lowering costs, protect veterans and renters, and prevent housing in rural areas from being bought up by corporate investors.

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Mark R. Warner
@markrwarner· VA· Jul 12, 2026

The president had every opportunity to sign this bipartisan bill into law, and he refused to, but the housing affordability crisis cannot wait.

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Mark R. Warner
@markrwarner· VA· Jul 12, 2026

As housing prices reach near-record highs, this bipartisan legislation will deliver real relief to veterans, renters, first-time homebuyers, and rural residents in Virginia and across the country.

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Mark R. Warner
@markrwarner· VA· Jul 12, 2026

With or without the president’s signature, the Road to Housing Act becoming law is a win for Virginians and families across the country.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Jul 12, 2026

We will be taking all necessary actions in Congress to better ensure the safety of New Mexicans and expect that you will stand with us in those efforts.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Jul 12, 2026

We adamantly disagree with this internal assessment, and we urge your agency to immediately revert fentanyl protocols to the 2017 standard of seize or otherwise prevent the distribution of fentanyl as soon as practicable.

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