“There’s always the appeals process in the courts, so that’s certainly not settled.”
“To think that it’s going to cost a billion dollars — I mean, that’s a thousand millions.”
“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
“the nation's top law enforcement official asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops …. Utterly stupid, morally wrong.”
“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”

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On the recordJune 15, 2025
The level of threat that lawmakers are exposed to is just unacceptable.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota
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Smith addresses the unacceptable threats faced by lawmakers.

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