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On the recordApril 2, 2025
in our constitutional Republic, the President represents the will of ``we the people.'' He does this more than any other elected official in this country because, alongside the Vice President, he is the only office holder who is elected by the entire Nation, State by State. And in November, the American people gave President Trump a powerful mandate to secure the border, lower inflation, rein in spending, restore our standing in the world, and usher in what he terms is a new ``golden age'' for America. And to be certain, the administration is seeing a lot of success, and the American people are very pleased with what he has done. However, on many fronts, the Trump agenda has been held up in court, not for legitimate legal reasons but because activist judges want to block as many actions by this administration as they possibly can. In the last two months alone, judges issued more injunctions--and, in February, that was 15 against President Trump--than they did against President Biden in his entire 4 years. There were 14 against him. Now, these judges are not issuing rulings on small details in narrow cases. They are trying to stop policies at the heart of President Trump's ``America First'' agenda. What we know that the American people and, indeed, Tennesseans, whom I represent--what they want to see is a government that is going to be transparent, a government that is going to be accountable, a government that will be a good steward of their money.…
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee
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Apr 2, 2025

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