“This war has killed 18 US service members, cost billions of taxpayer dollars, and displaced millions of civilians.”
“I’m pleased that my efforts will provide relief to the millions of Americans who’ve been squeezed by the surge in gas prices.”
“If the President wants to fix the problems at the pump, he should end this illegal war with Iran”
“The point is that tariffs contributed to inflation.”
“These disparities are not just statistics; they represent lives lost, families impacted, and communities left behind.”
“Prices are higher than when the president came into office, and tariffs made it worse.”

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On the recordMarch 10, 2022
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe). The result was announced--yeas 19, nays 80, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 73 Leg.] YEAS--19 Blumenthal Brown Carper Heinrich Hirono Leahy Lee Lujan Markey Merkley Murphy Ossoff Padilla Paul Peters Sanders Smith Stabenow Warren NAYS--80 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Blunt Booker Boozman Braun Burr Cantwell Capito Cardin Casey Cassidy Collins Coons Cornyn Cortez Masto Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Daines Duckworth Durbin Ernst Feinstein Fischer Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagerty Hassan Hawley Hickenlooper Hoeven Hyde-Smith Johnson Kaine Kelly Kennedy King Klobuchar Lankford Lummis Manchin Marshall McConnell Menendez Moran Murkowski Murray Portman Reed Risch Romney Rosen Rounds Rubio Sasse Schatz Schumer Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Shaheen Shelby Sinema Sullivan Tester Thune Tillis Toomey Tuberville Van Hollen Warner Warnock Whitehouse Wicker Wyden Young NOT VOTING--1 Inhofe The motion was rejected. ____________________
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Republican · South Dakota
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