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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.

Quotes by year · 2019–2026322 total · peak 2019 (91)
2019: 91 quotes2020: 47 quotes2021: 45 quotes2022: 41 quotes2023: 42 quotes2024: 24 quotes2025: 27 quotes2026: 5 quotes
Feb 11, 2025

Confirming her as DNI serves only to tell Trump that Senate Rs would rather lick his boots than do a single damn thing to protect our national security.

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Feb 10, 2025

The president of the United States issued something that has no innate value.

thenation.com
Feb 10, 2025

It’s hard to talk about memecoins with the language that the industry uses to talk about them.

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Feb 7, 2025

That motion is a chance for all of my colleagues to choose leadership, to choose patriotism, to choose to honor the oath that we all took to the Constitution, to be remembered and honored by future generations, and, in the words of William…

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Feb 6, 2025

My office has received more phone calls about Elon Musk's access to U.S. citizens' private data than any other topic in my six years serving in Congress.

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Feb 6, 2025

The actions that Musk and his IT goons have taken (...) very clearly illegal, but so far unprosecuted actions—have already compromised millions of Americans' privacy and data security.

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Feb 3, 2025

Why bother even being a Senator if you think Tulsi Gabbard is fit for DNI?

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Dec 3, 2024

I missed Roll Call vote 479. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: YEA on Roll Call No. 479.

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Sep 18, 2024

I reiterate, as I hope was clear from the plain text of my remarks, they were not directed at anybody in the Chamber. Mr. Speaker, I close by saying, in the name of free markets and a brighter, more tolerant tomorrow, I urge a ``no'' vote…

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Sep 9, 2024

I close simply by thanking Mr. Garcia and Ms. Stevens on our side for all of their hard work on this extremely well-constructed bill. I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 7686. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my…

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Jul 18, 2024

There is no consensus view in the Republican Party to defend those like Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger, who defended the rule of law, the equal protection clause that the party of Lincoln crafted.

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Jul 18, 2024

This is out of love for our country and respect for Joe Biden that were at this point.

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Jul 18, 2024

If this election is a referendum on one guy who was the only president to lose jobs during his sister in another guy who created more jobs than any president in history. One guy who was a kind decent person, another guy who was an…

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Jul 9, 2024

I hope my colleagues will join me in voting for this motion to recommit.

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Apr 9, 2024

We have to act on this stuff. We are sitting here in a moment where we know these changes are happening.

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Apr 9, 2024

The last time I checked, Elizabeth Holmes committed financial fraud by misrepresenting medical science.

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Mar 20, 2024

Leadership is hard, but following people is the opposite of leadership.

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Mar 20, 2024

If my ability to hold this job depended on appealing to that small minority of Americans who do not believe that the United States should lead, but make up the majority of the Republican primary electorate.

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Mar 20, 2024

Do you believe that the United States should withdraw from international financial institutions and cede leadership to everybody else in the world?

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Mar 20, 2024

Now, nobody wants to stand up to him.

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Mar 20, 2024

We are going to leave Congress this week, for 2 weeks, without even bringing a bill to the House Floor to provide aid to our friends in Ukraine to stand up to Vladimir Putin.

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Mar 20, 2024

I think the appropriate title for this hearing is how is it that the Republican Party, the party of Reagan, has become so uncomfortable with global leadership.

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Mar 19, 2024

You're going to deny--let me remind you, insurers are pulling out of Florida, they are pulling out of Louisiana, they are pulling out of Texas, and California.

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Mar 19, 2024

Climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system.

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Mar 19, 2024

Let none of us in this room ever trust someone who claims to be pro-market when all they are really doing is trying to protect the power of the powerful.

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