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[Letter to Secretary Mullin, led with Peters, Durbin and Schumer and signed by 34 senators:] The 2026 midterm elections are already underway. Your unsubstantiated allegations of noncitizen voter fraud, public recitation of unreliable data, and unwarranted conditioning of continued grant funding for state election security measures on compliance with politically motivated requests for voter data appear to be calculated efforts to undermine confidence in our elections and risks wrongly disenfranchising voters.

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[Khanna, disagreeing with Duckworth:] Impeachment says that you can't get into an illegal war in Iran without constitutional approval.

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We should accept a deal to end the war, not specifically this deal. … Give the Iranians an ironclad commitment that we will not have regime-change war.

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OpenAI's recent targeting of federal government websites, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, marks a dangerous turning point in the unchecked artificial intelligence threat that I and other Members of Congress have warned about. … We are out of time for excuses. … The threat is not coming. It is here. Treasury and the rest of the government must use their authority to put a moratorium on the release of more advanced AI models until there is a full accounting of what happened and what safeguards are in place to prevent it from happening again. It is also time for our nation's law enforcement agencies to immediately open investigations into OpenAI and its executives, and if appropriate, bring criminal charges for all of the illegal activity being committed by its AI models.

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When people ask what will we do, my answer is simple. We'll use those tools. We'll act like the Congress.

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[The OpenAI incident is] another example of a loss of human control. … We need to align the values that these models are trained on with human values, and if we can do that, we can get these models to conform to our standards for human behavior.

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In this case we were provided evidence of a possible crime that obviously warranted investigation — the court agreed and issued warrants. Sacramento shut it down. … This ruling will have wide-reaching consequences for the future of public safety in California. … We are very disappointed and wholeheartedly disagree with the court's ruling. The investigation was a lawful and legal investigation into potential election fraud.

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Today's ruling affirms that in California we will defend democracy — using every branch of government. And the new laws I signed just last week add new protections so attacks like this cannot happen again.

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He willfully defied my direct orders, misused criminal investigative tools and created a constitutional emergency in the process. … Going forward, there will also be criminal consequences to conduct such as this exhibited by Sheriff Bianco. … Whether it's a sheriff in Riverside or the President of the United States, we won't let anyone take away Californians' voice in our democracy. Come November, we're ready for whatever comes our way.

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President Trump must make clear that the United States will not compromise its commitments to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific for the sake of reaching a broader deal with Beijing. That means standing firm on Taiwan.

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[Bipartisan House letter to Trump, led by Kim and signed by Bera, Radewagen, Amo, Moylan, McCaul and Mackenzie:] Maintaining America's decades-long policy on Taiwan – guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the three U.S.-China Joint Communiqués, and the Six Assurances – by increasing Taiwan's self-defense capabilities, including through additional arms sales, is essential to U.S. security. … We urge you to make clear that the U.S. will not consult with the PRC on arms sales to Taiwan consistent with the U.S. One-China policy.

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[Padilla objected to Lee's unanimous-consent request, saying the bill] creates chaos in the middle of an election that's already underway.

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[Garcia cited] over 1,000 credible and verified instances and abuses under President Donald Trump's second administration.

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We're all committed to accountability in all its forms, and when we get the gavels back, we're going to move on that aggressively, starting with the investigations.

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We are shutting down unauthorized Marketplace enrollments and returning approximately $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies. CMS is strengthening safeguards, pursuing bad actors, and holding agents and brokers accountable when they break the rules.

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The Trump Administration's shameless decision to rip away health insurance from thousands will leave working families unable to get the care they need.

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Whistleblowers have shared explosive new information with Oversight Democrats about the horrific conditions inside ICE facilities in Florida.

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Trump Media created a marketplace that enables insider trading, which Trump directly profits from. This scheme turns the public trust into private profit. It is corruption, plain and simple.

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We cannot have American citizens or scholars in America be detained or disappeared because of what they say.

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Well, we need to set up an AI agency like the FDA. I mean, I don't know what Trump- President Trump's vision is. I don't know if he's using AI in an offensive capability, which would give me a lot of pause, especially because when you have things like the shooting of the Iranian school, where you had AI information basically feed something into a- into a general, and then you had pro-forma sign off.

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What I'm talking about is what Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, has said, which is that this can be regulated like we regulate nuclear energy, electricity, aviation, have independent technical experts make sure AI is safe. … We need to have an independent federal agency.

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The first ask is of Trump and Xi Jinping to come up with an international agreement, and two of the core principles should be one: banning any self-improving AI, recursive self-improving AI. … Winning an AI war is like winning a nuclear war. It is catastrophic for civilization.

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Donald Trump won't stop until he can exert dictatorial control over your free vote and disenfranchise millions of people this November. California will stop him at every opportunity. We have no bigger task than fighting to protect the right to vote from interference and meddling – the future of democracy is on the line.

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California is meeting the moment and with this package of bills, erecting a shield against multiple attacks against our elections. No one should doubt the degree of our resolve in protecting our democracy. This legislative package ensures that California voters will not be silenced or intimidated.

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The Trump Administration is waging an all-out assault on our elections and voting rights, and California refuses to stand idly by.

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[This is] North Korea levels of censorship.

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I have the privilege and the responsibility of leading the department that can put the full weight of the federal government behind answering those questions.

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When mapmakers do not have clear standards to follow, it becomes much easier for politics to take over. That is what the Problem Solvers MAPS Act is trying to do: give states clear rules to follow.

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This is SICK! Donald Trump is threatening to hold disaster relief hostage based on how people vote. This UN-AMERICAN PRESIDENCY ENDS on November 3rd.

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In June, Mr. Zin was on a regular visit to China for an academic conference. But Beijing wanted to send a message to those whose research inconvenienced it, and detained Mr. Zin ahead of the upcoming Trump-Xi summit. So I hope to see Mr. Zin free soon, and I thank President Trump for his ongoing efforts to bring wrongfully detained Americans home.