“This is theft from the American people, plain and simple. These are funds Congress has delivered on a bipartisan basis and should be helping people—not cut off by a president more focused on building a ballroom than investing in families. … Russ Vought's message to Congress is that your votes don't count, and your laws are optional.
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“[Letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles from the top Democratic appropriators, demanding the ad be taken off the air immediately:] This is the sort of government propaganda one might expect in North Korea, not the United States of America.
“The FDA has said this is safe. We need someone in FDA to make sure this is done by science. [Pressing Overton on mifepristone.]
“It shouldn't take public outcry to prevent President Trump and Russ Vought from laying waste to the NIH and defunding lifesaving research because they think it's 'woke' or want to extort a university. This president is on a mission to shred patients and families' hopes for new treatments and cures.
“The Chinese military continues its pressure campaign against our vital democratic partner Taiwan as President Trump has retreated from longstanding security commitments. … As Americans face rising prices for gas, food, housing, and more, President Trump is rolling out the red carpet for President Xi and hosting closed-door dinners so his billionaire friends can strike deals that threaten American jobs and national security. … He must stand with Taiwan and not let China veto American support for Taiwan's defense. … We can't let President Xi leave stronger than when he arrived. That is not diplomacy, it's weakness. [Joint statement by Sens. Coons, Schumer, Murray, Reed, Shaheen, Warner, Warren and Andy Kim.]
“Whether lifesaving medical research gets funded or not should be determined by experts at the NIH, not a panel of lackeys chosen by Donald Trump and Russ Vought. … Only one question should decide which research gets funded: is this good science that could save lives? Trump wants to answer a different question: does this help me settle a score?
“We cannot allow this administration to shred patients’ hopes of new, lifesaving cures and treatments so that President Trump and Secretary Hegseth can secretively fund their own priorities in defiance of Congress. This outrageous agreement must be terminated immediately, and we need Republicans in Congress to join us in using their power to ensure that happens.
“As if canceling lifesaving medical research and clinical trials and firing cancer researchers en masse were not bad enough, the Trump administration is now trying to rob NIH of billions of dollars that Congress provided for medical research so that it can pad the Pentagon’s budget.
“Our military family members with loved ones serving on these ships deserve honest answers, and the Pentagon’s denials to date are an insult to the service of these sailors and Marines.
“We are writing to express our deep concern regarding the recent extended deployments of the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln.
“Let’s be clear about who pays a 50% tariff on Canada: American businesses. American families. A tariff is a tax WE pay.
“Heidi Overton is a far-right, anti-abortion extremist who has no business leading the FDA. The American people deserve someone who will put science and facts FIRST, not another Trump sycophant who will make it their mission to attack medication abortion. I will vote NO.
“PARENTS: listen to your doctor NOT Trump or RFK Jr. IGNORE Trump's Executive Order. There is NO link between vaccines and autism.
“[The vote is] an important step forward to prevent a shutdown no one wants and provide the runway we need to negotiate funding bills in the months ahead.
“This bill includes important extensions and language that House Republicans' CR did not, and it rejects Trump's frivolous war spending wish list. Importantly, we closed the loophole in House Republicans' CR that would have allowed the Trump administration to transfer funding provided for other programs to Border Patrol, which desperately needs reform, not more money.
“It’s good that we were able to produce a much-improved CR to keep the government funded. This bill includes important extensions and language that House Republicans’ CR did not — we closed the loophole in House Republicans’ CR that would have allowed the Trump administration to transfer funding. I hope everyone who shares my frustration that Republicans refuse to do more to stand up to this president will join us.
“This administration has now admitted in court what has long been obvious: It terminated nearly 300 cost-cutting energy projects for no reason other than the fact that the states they were in did not vote for the president in the 2024 election. Weaponizing the federal government like this is outright un-American, and it’s hardworking families already struggling with sky-high costs who are suffering the consequences of this corrupt abuse of power.
“I'll be pushing to get this done as the Senate drafts funding bills this summer.
“The president has set up a slush fund, however you want to say that it got set up. And he literally will get to choose through his hand-picked appointees who gets paid that fund. That is absurd.
“Speaker Johnson extended the DHS shutdown for over a month for no reason at all. This is the same bill the Senate unanimously passed five weeks ago.
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