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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 25, 2026

President Trump has already taken a wrecking ball to the White House.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 25, 2026

But to try to draw a moral equivalence between the misdeeds of the Biden Administration and the current Administration is ludicrous…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 25, 2026

Putting together the questions for a deposition of Donald Trump Jr. is not going to take more than a week, is it?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 25, 2026

If we ignore this matter in the Senate Judiciary Committee, we run the risk of being complicit in this coverup.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Sep 25, 2026

This report demonstrates exactly why the American people are demanding accountability for ICE.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 25, 2026

This report has uncovered more of what we’ve come to expect from the Trump Administration—cavalier and wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars without any benefit to the American people.

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John Boozman
@johnboozman· Republican · AR· Sep 25, 2026

Women veterans have made tremendous sacrifices in service to our nation, and they deserve access to the quality care and resources they have earned.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 25, 2026

“I’m grateful that last spring I was able to help secure the release of military spouse Deisy Rivera Ortega from ICE detention after she was arrested with no warrant and no explanation. But she should never have been in that situation in…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 25, 2026

“The Trump Administration’s actions are inhumane, and they’re disastrous from a national security perspective. We don’t need our troops who are heading into a firefight to be worried about whether their husband or wife is going to get…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 25, 2026

“It’s a betrayal to our heroes to have a family member detained or deported by the same nation they sacrificed to defend. No servicemember should be forced to choose between fulfilling their military obligations and protecting their…

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Sep 25, 2026

Why should I have people working in my building and in my office that I believe are not honestly covering my administration?

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Josh Hawley
@joshhawley· Republican · MO· Sep 25, 2026

The White House should probably be able to determine who [and] what cameras are in the White House.

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John Barrasso
@johnbarrasso· Republican · WY· Sep 25, 2026

In his first term, he was banned from Twitter, he was banned from Facebook.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Sep 25, 2026

I can understand why the president of the United States doesn’t want the news outlets that are aiding and abetting our enemies into his workspace.

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Roger Marshall
@rogermarshall· Republican · KS· Sep 25, 2026

When ICE operates in Kansas, it needs to coordinate with our local law enforcement. Our sheriffs and police know these communities better than anyone, and working together keeps officers and residents safe.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Sep 25, 2026

Private equity takeovers are legal looting that make a handful of Wall Street executives very rich while costing thousands of people their jobs, putting valuable companies out of business, and in the case of health care, is literally a…

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Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Sep 25, 2026

That’s not going to happen on my watch. I know that’s not going to happen on his watch.

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Bernie Moreno
@berniemoreno· OH· Sep 25, 2026

And I know that he feels the same way I do, which is we’re not going to let these cars into our market.

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Bernie Moreno
@berniemoreno· OH· Sep 25, 2026

This is a bill that has almost 100 out of 100 senators on board.

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Charles E. Schumer
@charleseschumer· NY· Sep 25, 2026

Sen. Husted’s bill is a fraud. It’s voluntary, no company has to do it. The bill we have is mandatory. It is much stronger and is what is needed.

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Jon Husted
@jonhusted· OH· Sep 25, 2026

The president wants it, House Democrats and Republicans want it, consumers want it, the business community wants it.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 25, 2026

If the leaders of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of this extremely dangerous technology, it is irresponsible, in my view, for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 25, 2026

In my view, it is likely if we allow things to continue the way they are, that there will be no more truck drivers in America, no more cab drivers, no more bus drivers, and we will lose some 6 million transportation jobs to driverless…

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