"This is a really offensive defiance of the constitutional role that the Senate has to play."
"Putting someone in that role who’s been approved for a different job is a thumb in the eye of the Senate."
"Due process is a bulwark against tyranny and a legal protection afforded to these students by law."
"President Trump’s gutting of the Department of Education has thrown classrooms all across America into chaos."
"They will be MAGAs, basically. Given the trend of the end of the last Trump term, we’re heading over a cliff in terms of fringe right wing views. They will have a litmus test on steroids."
"We need to be ready for the fight ahead and redouble our efforts, and be unified."
"I think none of us wants to shut down the government. In a sense, the Republicans are shutting it down as we speak."
"The litany of dismantling agencies by firing their employees is happening in real time, but it's really on them to produce majorities for whatever it is they want to pass."
"Elon Musk sees veterans as roadkill on his way to revenue for tax cuts."
"It's a shameful betrayal, and veterans will pay the price for their unforgivable corruption, incompetence, and immorality."
"Make no mistake, cancelling these contracts will cause harm to veterans and VA care and benefits."
"By intentionally concealing from Congress the full list of contracts cancelled, Collins makes clear his intentions to use these terminated services as numbers for his press release, with zero regard f..."