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Deb Fischer
@debfischer· NE· Oct 22, 2025

I strongly encourage the Trump administration to focus on trade deals that benefit our ag producers — not imports that will do more harm than good.

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Deb Fischer
@debfischer· NE· Oct 22, 2025

I’m really concerned about the direction that the president’s comments have shown that he may take.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Oct 22, 2025

The administration has no right to stonewall Congress on matters of national security. Senators deserve information, and the administration has a legal obligation to inform Congress precisely about what is happening right now abroad.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Oct 22, 2025

President Trump is shredding our Constitution. Is it OK for masked federal agents to arrest people off the street because of their skin color or their accent? No way, not in a free America.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Oct 22, 2025

Due to a massive missile and drone attack on the energy infrastructure, emergency power outages have been introduced in most regions of Ukraine.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 22, 2025

requiring all Department of Defense communications with Congress to be controlled by Secretary Hegseth's office raises serious questions about transparency and the timely flow of information that lawmakers need to conduct oversight.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 22, 2025

We don’t want a vassal state and that’s not what Israel is. We don’t want a client state.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Oct 22, 2025

tyranny has already arrived. It is not down the street. It is not around the corner. It will not be encountered on the path tomorrow. It is here at this very moment.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 22, 2025

We don’t want any lawyers, we don’t want any press, we don’t want anybody from Congress.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 22, 2025

I never said it was easy, but what I am is optimistic that the ceasefire is going to hold and that we can actually build a better future in the entire Middle East.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 21, 2025

Can I say with 100% certainty that it's going to work? No, but you don't do difficult things by only doing what's 100% certain. You do difficult things by trying.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 21, 2025

I want to say that there is this weird attitude I’ve sensed in the American media and the Western media, where there’s almost this desire to root for failure.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 21, 2025

It’s not the end. It is, in fact, exactly how this is going to have to happen when you have people who hate each other.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 21, 2025

But I’m not going to do what the president of the United States has thus far refused to do, which is put an explicit deadline on it, because a lot of this stuff is difficult.

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