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On the recordFebruary 12, 2026
We have had quite a feisty afternoon here on the floor, and I am so pleased that my colleagues have called out some of the actions that we have witnessed from the other side. It is beyond me that they would want illegal aliens to vote in U.S. elections--beyond me. But maybe they don't want to preserve 'one person, one vote.' Maybe that is not important to them. It is important to 80 percent of the American people. And, you know, they are not wanting to fund DHS, and they are saying: Oh, it is over ICE. ICE is funded. Their money is going to continue. But what they are doing, they are defunding FEMA. They are defunding TSA. So if your flights don't go next week, blame the Democrats. And this week we had a hearing in Judiciary Committee that looked at another inappropriate use of the Federal Government's inappropriate policies. And this week I chaired the first in a series of hearings at Judiciary Committee that will address Arctic Frost and the Arctic Frost investigation that targeted President Trump, elected Members of Congress, including me, and hundreds--hundreds--of conservative groups and individuals.
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

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Addressing concerns about illegal voting and funding for federal agencies during a floor speech.

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