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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 17, 2026

WOTC helps those who have been out of work rejoin the workforce and supports businesses along the way.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 17, 2026

One of the most meaningful ways to strengthen a person’s future, to support their family, and uplift their community, is by taking the skills that you know you have, and finding a job in which you can meaningfully use those skills,

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 17, 2026

Instead of making service a barrier to employment, WOTC rewards it by providing the military spouse the opportunity to build a stable and rewarding career. And in our country, that’s how we should treat those who have served our country in…

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Todd Young
@toddyoung· Republican · IN· Aug 17, 2026

Our federal small business programs exist for that purpose: to help hardworking entrepreneurs grow their businesses, to create more jobs.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Aug 17, 2026

Accordingly, we insist that the Postal Service abandon this proposed regulation and return to its core mission of providing universal postal services to every American. The Constitution and federal law demand nothing less.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Aug 17, 2026

Honoring Harriet Tubman on our nation's currency is an important recognition of her legacy and we urge you to reconsider.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Aug 17, 2026

The agency’s actions over the last year are an outrageous abuse of administrative power that will leave Americans sicker, poorer, and dying from preventable causes.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Aug 17, 2026

This unprecedented action, which has led to the disruption of nearly 200 different research programs across nearly 30 states, undermines decades of taxpayer investments to improve healthcare delivery, patient safety, and health outcomes…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 17, 2026

Nominations hearings, like this one today, are an essential part of the Senate’s role in providing advice and consent on presidential nominees. This constitutional duty is a critical check on the Executive Branch. And it has never been…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 17, 2026

Five years at $200 million amounts to $1 billion… it represents 48 hours in the war in Iran.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 17, 2026

More than half of them said, we are in trouble—serious trouble.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 17, 2026

A farmer in Nebraska expects to pay for his wife and himself $32,000 this year for health insurance premiums.

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Aug 17, 2026

I’m proud to deliver over $6.5 million in federal funding to build a new snow removal equipment facility at Ithaca Tompkins International Airport, and I’ll keep fighting to bring home the dollars that our airports need to offer first-rate…

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Aug 17, 2026

This is not leadership—this is sabotage of public health. And it must end, immediately.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 17, 2026

We want to be clear: Democrats and Republicans did not work together to appropriate funds for AHRQ as a gentle suggestion for the Department to follow at their discretion or leisure.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Aug 17, 2026

We demand that you immediately rescind these cancelations and ensure that the funding Congress appropriates to AHRQ is invested in health research in accordance with the law.

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Andy Kim
@andykim· Democratic · NJ· Aug 17, 2026

The only reason Blanche is AG is because he will cross any ethical/legal line to defend Trump.

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Ruben Gallego
@rubengallego· AZ· Aug 17, 2026

I was just speaking to a [Lincoln crew member’s] spouse just about three days ago, and this is the current problem right now. The deep, deep, deep problem here is that this administration did not plan for this war, did not plan how to get…

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 17, 2026

Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 17, 2026

The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 17, 2026

So the president is wrong; there’s a lot of bad things that will come out of this.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Aug 17, 2026

Let’s just take it from the perspective of the parent: now instead of going to the doctor twice to get their child vaccinated, they have to go six times.

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