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Brian Schatz: “Congress passed a law to invest in saving lives, protecting the American people, and advancing our interests abroad; it…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2026
Congress passed a law to invest in saving lives, protecting the American people, and advancing our interests abroad; it did not hand Trump a checkbook to spend on whatever he pleases while blocking funding for everything else.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the Trump administration's funding decisions.

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