“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”
“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
“There is nothing that ICE says that you should believe, and anything they say you should doubt immediately.”
“America’s energy producers take hit after hit from climate extremists who target them with excessive lawsuits.”
“I’m not personalizing it. I’m just pointing out somebody’s record.”

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On the recordMarch 3, 2025
I ask my colleagues: What kind of man asks for absolute fealty and bootlicking from the people around him? What kind of man asks people to lie for him? What kind of man is so petty that he can't admit obvious mistakes and lies? What kind of man mocks veterans and then callously fires them from jobs? What kind of man appeases and flatters our enemies? What kind of man puts his own needs above country? What kind of men and women make excuses for him and lie for him and cover for him? These are the questions that are haunting me today. We need so much better than this in this moment. This is about the safety and security of our Nation and our allies around the world. This is about our collective protection of our ideals. Americans of conscience, we must stand together and confront any man so wholly unsuited for what we ask of him. ____________________
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Becca Balint
Democratic · Vermont
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