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Shelley Moore Capito
@shelleymoorecapito· Republican · WV· Jun 27, 2026

The HTC brings to life some of our most recognizable structures and we should make it easier for these investments to take place – not harder.

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Shelley Moore Capito
@shelleymoorecapito· Republican · WV· Jun 27, 2026

This new station represents an important investment in public safety, community resilience, and local jobs. It will support the dedicated men and women of the Huntington Fire Department and strengthen the entire region for years to come.

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Shelley Moore Capito
@shelleymoorecapito· Republican · WV· Jun 27, 2026

This ribbon cutting marks a major step forward for the Westmoreland neighborhood and the City of Huntington. I was proud to secure the funding to help make this new fire station a reality.

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jun 27, 2026

Rural America depends on the post office for a lot of things. The last mile delivery is critically important.

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jun 27, 2026

On time delivery for first-class mail in the New Hampshire region has fallen by more than 10 percentage points over the last eight years and is now more than five percentage points below the postal service's own target of 87%.

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Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· Jun 27, 2026

This un-American plan will inevitably result in some law-abiding U.S. citizens not being able to receive the ballots they're entitled to and reduce citizen participation in our democracy.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 27, 2026

The Gas Money Saved Act helps to deliver what American families need: more efficient vehicles to save on fuel costs and breathe cleaner air.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jun 27, 2026

Big corporations always find a way to squeeze the little guy.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

I am hopeful that I am wrong about these negotiations. I am hopeful that new leverage will materialize, but I don't see any leverage at all.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

The gun lobby has a habit of arguing that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. The gun lobby says the answer to gun violence is more guns. Well, we proved that if you pass legislation that just makes it a…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

Four years ago, after the awful shooting in Uvalde, four senators got together, supported by another bigger ring of bipartisan senators, and we were able to come up with a bill that was not perfect, was not everything that I wanted, or…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

This is maybe the secret sauce. This is maybe the biggest explanation as to why numbers are going down. What we find in community after community that are plagued with high rates of gun violence is that it is normally a very small group of…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

This is all good news. There are more people alive today because something is changing in America, and while it is still unacceptable that we are averaging a mass shooting every day in this country, the numbers are unquestionably heading…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

[Tax breaks] are designed to compensate for a rigged system. Why don’t we just unrig the system?

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

People don’t want to be written a check. People want to work for pay.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

The business community cried murder, and the job losses they predicted did not materialize.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

The way you solve people’s basic economic problem — not having enough money to pay the bills — is by making a minimum wage be a living wage.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jun 27, 2026

Democrats need to offer solutions that are as big as the problems people are facing.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jun 27, 2026

Team Maryland’s top priority is delivering for our communities, and yesterday’s meeting was an opportunity to discuss the ways that we continue to work together for our great state.

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Mark Kelly
@markkelly· Democratic · AZ· Jun 27, 2026

Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy carried human space exploration farther than it has ever gone before.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Jun 27, 2026

The brave Artemis II crew broke new frontiers for space exploration and proved to the next generation of young scientists that anything is possible.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 27, 2026

We’re not going to balance budgets on the back of veterans’ benefits.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 27, 2026

These cuts would strip disabled veterans of earned compensation and health care benefits – they should be rejected outright.

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