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[Previewing the hearing on Sept. 28:] In 2020, President Trump spent months spreading the 'Big Lie' that the 2020 election was stolen… But instead of condemning this egregious criminal conduct… my Republican colleagues are spreading baseless conspiracy theories. … If this hearing was really about getting answers, Committee Republicans would be doing everything they could to obtain a copy of Volume II. … [In his opening statement on Sept. 29:] They held eight hearings on his supposed wrongdoing, never calling him directly. … President Trump demonstrated a wanton disdain for the laws of the United States, the will of the people, and our national security.

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Trump is once again attacking the civil rights protections that help make our country great.

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Don't be impeaching anybody. Let's just get back to work. … I would rather move the ball forward and to the benefit of the American people.

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Every American should be outraged by this Administration's failure to equip our service members with the tools and support they need to carry out a successful deployment and the blatant lies about the conditions sailors were experiencing on the USS Abraham Lincoln.

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[Letter to Hegseth and the FAA on plans to house drones and military equipment in the arch:] The FAA and DoD must reject this foolhardy plan and instead focus on increasing the safety of the airspace.

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If we are going to have a constructive conversation about women's sports, then we must demand honesty and compassion. … For these reasons, I refuse to treat this hearing like a responsible exercise of this Committee. … We can all agree that we want to be fair and safe in women's athletics, but this vendetta against a small number of people in the trans community affects everyone.

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We have got to find a way to balance in America, privacy and security. There is a balance. Congress needs to lead the way.

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Senator Curtis has made a good faith request that the Senate Judiciary Committee investigate the lavish gift of a Russian oligarch to President Trump's son. For the Committee to ignore this matter is to run the risk of being complicit in a coverup. I will join in supporting Senator Curtis' request.

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President Trump is fundamentally unable to manage the United States' relationship with the People's Republic of China. … A successful bilateral relationship doesn't look like chaotic tariffs, leaving American farmers devastated, throwing our allies under the bus to cozy up to dictators.

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22 of our service members have been killed in Trump's illegal war. Not 18 like we were told. The Pentagon hid four more heroes' deaths from us for months. Congress cannot let them get away with this.

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This is yet another attack on the First Amendment from a president who knows he and his party of bootlickers are deeply unpopular. … Donald Trump can't hide from his failing record, so he's banning journalists he doesn't like to keep you from hearing about it.

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The Trump Administration should not move forward with its proposed sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia when our own intelligence community is warning that it could put the crown jewels of American military technology within reach of the Chinese Communist Party.

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Even changes that may appear modest from a purely military standpoint can have outsized effects on our bilateral relationships, particularly with Baltic Allies, as Russia continues to intensify its hybrid actions along NATO’s eastern flank. … U.S. Ambassadors and Chiefs of Mission in affected countries have been excluded from consultations. … What we are requesting is not a departure from precedent — it is a return to longstanding practice. [We urge you to ensure] the Department of State is fully and meaningfully engaged from this point forward.

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Mr. Patel is the least qualified and most partisan FBI director in our nation's history.

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For the first time in nearly eight months, the American people finally have an official glimpse into the cost of this disastrous war—and it is jaw-dropping. Our servicemembers are exhausted, our munitions are depleted, our diplomatic capabilities have been wrecked and 18 of our troops will never come home. … The American people deserve transparency about how their taxpayer dollars are being spent.

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Chicago will not stand by while the federal government forces immigrant families to choose between putting food on the table, taking their children to the doctor, or protecting their ability to remain in this country. This rule is not only cruel, it is unlawful, and it threatens the health and safety of our entire city.

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When the biggest AI developers all agree they should slow down, they should. Less blog posts and reports. The time for federal action is now.

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This bizarre Republican midterm convention here can't paper over the fact that Republicans have done nothing to earn your vote. … In this moment, when America needs a new generation of leaders, fighters willing to stand up against tyranny, Texas Democrats have stepped into the breach.

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Republicans know that they can't win on the merits of their unpopular policies, so they're working to rig the 2026 election. It's a disgraceful attack on Black and Hispanic citizens and civil rights activists who shed their blood, and others who lost their lives, to secure our right to vote.

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The United States must confront and degrade terrorist organizations like Hamas and other Iran-backed actors that threaten US interests and our allies, but we must not unnecessarily destabilize the West Bank in the process.

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Continued withholding of billions in clearance revenues risks accelerating the West Bank's fiscal collapse – an outcome that would serve the interests of extremist and Iran-backed groups, not Israel, nor the United States. … Despite its significant shortcomings and flaws, the PA remains the only current viable governing alternative to Hamas and thus must play an essential role in promoting regional stability.

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No federal agency has the power to directly regulate the practice of medicine—a traditional and congressionally recognized power reserved for the states.

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We’re going to invite aggression by the Chinese, and I think they are counting our magazine depth every day, the number of munitions we have, where our troops are stationed. And they notice, and that only causes them to consider more seriously potentially moving on Taiwan.

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Six months later, we are still at war, the Strait of Hormuz is still held hostage.

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We urge the Israeli government to immediately rescind these tenders, halt settlement expansion in the West Bank, and take urgent action to rein in settler violence.

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Every American deserves a fair shot to get ahead, and Trump's capricious and costly tariffs are making it exceedingly difficult to simply make ends meet.

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We request a public hearing to help Congress and the public better understand how we got here and how the Department will ensure it never happens again.

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This administration has failed to explain why it has insisted on stretching our sailors in this way without adequate planning.

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Tyson’s not closing their doors. They are simply redistributing their production to other states that are more business friendly than we are.

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We, the Illinois State General Assembly and the governor’s office, have to create the climate that is good for large and small businesses to be in Illinois.