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Frank Lautenberg
@franklautenberg· Democratic · NJ· Apr 30, 2007

We need electronic on-board recorders in every truck on the road to ensure the safety of our truck drivers and our families who travel on the highways.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Apr 30, 2007

Immigration, I have found in a few town hall meetings here in this great state of Iowa, is a very important issue and a very emotional issue. And there's no doubt that our borders are broken and they are not secure.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 29, 2007

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has closed a legal leap hole that allowed Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho to purchase weapons.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Apr 26, 2007

I think this is one of those very unfortunate situations where completely inadvertently he took the weapon into the Senate yesterday.

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John Walsh
@johnwalsh· Democratic · MT· Apr 26, 2007

It's a disgusting trend, and anybody who defends it is absolutely wrong.

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John Walsh
@johnwalsh· Democratic · MT· Apr 26, 2007

I don't think so. You know, everybody says to me, how have you caught almost 940 of the world's worst fugitives in 20 years? I said because I protect the sources.

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John Walsh
@johnwalsh· Democratic · MT· Apr 26, 2007

It isn't right. You can't justify it. It's got nothing to do with First Amendment rights.

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John Walsh
@johnwalsh· Democratic · MT· Apr 25, 2007

It isn't right. You can't justify it. It's got nothing to do with First Amendment rights.

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John Walsh
@johnwalsh· Democratic · MT· Apr 25, 2007

I don't think so. You know, everybody says to me, how have you caught almost 940 of the world's worst fugitives in 20 years? I say, 'Because I protect the sources.'

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John Walsh
@johnwalsh· Democratic · MT· Apr 25, 2007

It's a disgusting trend. And anybody who defends it is absolutely wrong.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Apr 25, 2007

I agree with you, Chairman Inouye, that we have turned the corner after many years

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Mitch McConnell
@mitchmcconnell· Republican · KY· Apr 25, 2007

If the Iraqis make progress, we leave. If they don't, we leave. This is not a choice. It is a mandate for defeat that al Qaeda desperately wants.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 25, 2007

When the president receives this bill early next week, I hope he will ask himself some basic questions. How many lives, how many wounds, how many soldiers must America sacrifice waiting for the Iraqis to accept their responsibility?

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