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On the recordMarch 3, 2025
the price of everything is going up. Outbreaks of measles and bird flu are killing people. Airplanes are almost crashing or actually crashing and falling out of the sky. Tens of thousands of Federal workers, including veterans, are being laid off in Donald Trump's government purge. So obviously it is a Monday, and we have two votes tonight, and so we are going to address one of those critical issues. Oh, no. Actually, we are going to do something totally irrelevant to 99.9 percent of all people across the country. Now, let's just start with the basics, which is that everyone has and deserves human dignity without stipulations or preconditions--not just the people you like, not just the people you understand, not just the people you agree with. Every human being is God's creature. Everyone-- especially in the United States of America--has the right to be left alone. That is what freedom means, right? You have to be left alone to live your life however you want within the bounds of the law.…
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii
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Mar 3, 2025

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