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Ben Sasse

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Ben Sasse is an American politician and academic who has served as the junior United States Senator from Nebraska since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Sasse has focused on various issues during his tenure, including healthcare, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. He has been an advocate for competitive integrated employment, emphasizing the importance of fair wages for people with disabilities. Sasse has also been involved in bipartisan efforts to address these challenges in the workforce.

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Jul 31, 2026

The potential and the capacity of most souls and most brains is a lot more than that, and we've just got a disastrous system.

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Jul 31, 2026

Our educational systems are just a complete disaster.

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Jul 31, 2026

I want the U.S. Via decentralized corporate structures to rule the world, not CCP, tyrannical, Maoist to rule of the world, and I think most middle powers, most countries in the world, know that somewhere between 25 years from now, we're…

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Feb 12, 2025

Well, someone is now looking out for the American people—Donald Trump.

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Feb 12, 2025

Congress has decided to self-neuter ... and when the Congress neuters itself and gives power to an unaccountable fourth branch of government, it means that people are cut out of the process.

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Feb 12, 2025

There's no verse of Schoolhouse Rock that says give a whole bunch of power to the alphabet soup agencies and let them decide what the governance decisions should be for the people because the people don't have any way to fire the…

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May 14, 2024

We should give them the funding that they need.

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May 14, 2024

I think that is the way that universities should be handling this.

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May 14, 2024

This is not a daycare. You know the rules. Follow the rules.

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May 14, 2024

I want all of our students to feel safe. But more important than the subjective feeling, I want our students to be safe.

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Feb 29, 2024

I am proud to work with Senators Daines and Blackburn as well as Senator Van Hollen to make sure that my Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act reflects that reality.

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Feb 29, 2024

It is shameful that some people with disabilities are being paid subminimum wage.

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Feb 29, 2024

I will continue to work to ensure that people with disabilities have what they need to succeed in competitive integrated employment.

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Nov 29, 2023

The First Amendment gives people the absolute right to be abject moral idiots.

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Nov 29, 2023

The First Amendment gives people the absolute right to be abject moral idiots.

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Nov 28, 2023

The First Amendment gives people the absolute right to be abject moral idiots.

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May 10, 2022

I just fundamentally do not understand why these people are trading in their future, their children's future, for a few dollars today.

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May 10, 2022

I know I'm nearly out of time. It's been reported that there are currently 20 former Senators and Congress people that lobby extensively on behalf of the Chinese government and Chinese fake private corporations.

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May 10, 2022

And what is the Chinese government via these companies seeking advice about from these law firms? Is their goal better governance compliance?

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Mar 27, 2022

I think we should recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities.

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Mar 23, 2022

We should recognize that jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities, trying to get on cable that night, or create a viral video.

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Mar 20, 2022

We need the public to believe in the legitimacy of its government, including all three branches.

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Mar 20, 2022

I also believe that pen and pad can facilitate a whole heck of a lot of transparency just fine.

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Mar 20, 2022

It is better to debate ideas that you disagree with than shout them down, isn't it?

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