“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 recordNovember 16, 2022
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 62, nays 37, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 356 Leg.] YEAS--62 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown Burr Cantwell Capito Cardin Carper Casey Collins Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Ernst Feinstein Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Leahy Lujan Lummis Manchin Markey Menendez Merkley Murkowski Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Portman Reed Romney Rosen Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Sinema Smith Stabenow Sullivan Tester Tillis Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Whitehouse Wyden Young NAYS--37 Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Braun Cassidy Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Daines Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Hyde-Smith Inhofe Johnson Kennedy Lankford Lee Marshall McConnell Moran Paul Risch Rounds Rubio Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Shelby Thune Toomey Tuberville Wicker NOT VOTING--1 Sasse The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). On this vote, the yeas are 62, the nays are 37. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.
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