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Sean Casten

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Sean Thomas Casten is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Casten has focused on issues such as climate change, renewable energy, and public safety during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainable practices. Casten's background in business and science informs his legislative priorities, particularly in areas related to energy and environmental policy.

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Jul 3, 2025

A functioning House leadership team would work the members, make changes as necessary and bring this bill to the floor once they knew they could pass it.

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Jun 23, 2025

No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the U.S. without the approval of Congress.

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Jun 22, 2025

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

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Jun 17, 2025

President Trump’s cryptocurrency business ventures are incredibly alarming and raise countless legal questions.

thenation.com
Jun 17, 2025

I’m profoundly disappointed that the DOJ has refused to respond to my demand.

thenation.com
Apr 30, 2025

I missed Roll Call vote nos. 111 and 112 because I attended my daughter's senior awards night ceremony. Had I been present, I would have voted Nay on Roll Call No. 111, H.J. Res. 87, and Nay on Roll Call No. 112, H.J. Res. 89. personal…

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Apr 30, 2025

A few weeks ago, I got a call from a constituent whose 46-year-old son had just been diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer back in December, and the whole family is now wondering whether he is going to live long enough to see his kids…

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Feb 25, 2025

I want you to imagine that a friend came over to you and said: Donald Trump taught me how to save 50 percent on my shoe purchases. All you have to do is cut off one leg. It is just math, as the gentleman from Arizona says. So let's get out…

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Feb 13, 2025

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, last week, my colleague, Haley Stevens, and I introduced the Taxpayer Data Protection Act. I am going to get to that in a minute. I woke up this morning to find that apparently this bill had…

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Feb 11, 2025

The first thing we do is make sure that unless you have a security clearance, a top-secret security clearance, you cannot access those records. The second thing it does is, if you have not been a Federal Government employee for at least a…

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Feb 11, 2025

Haley Stevens and I introduced the Taxpayer Data Protection Act last week. This is a very simple but, tragically, an urgently necessary bill to address the hack of the U.S. Treasury payment system by Elon Musk and his band of IT goons last…

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