“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 recordJune 16, 2022
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker). The result was announced--yeas 84, nays 14, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 230 Leg.] YEAS--84 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Blunt Booker Boozman Braun Brown Cantwell Capito Cardin Carper Casey Cassidy Collins Coons Cornyn Cortez Masto Cotton Cramer Cruz Duckworth Durbin Ernst Feinstein Fischer Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagerty Hassan Hawley Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Hoeven Hyde-Smith Inhofe Johnson Kaine Kelly Kennedy King Klobuchar Leahy Lujan Manchin Markey Marshall McConnell Menendez Merkley Moran Murkowski Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Portman Reed Rosen Rubio Sanders Sasse Schatz Schumer Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Shaheen Sinema Smith Stabenow Sullivan Tester Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Whitehouse Wyden Young NAYS--14 Burr Crapo Lankford Lee Lummis Paul Risch Romney Rounds Shelby Thune Tillis Toomey Tuberville NOT VOTING--2 Daines Wicker The bill (H.R. 3967) as amended, was passed. Honoring Our PACT Act of 2021
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Republican · South Dakota
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