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[Seeking unanimous consent on the Senate floor to pass the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management and Security Act:] We can't, frankly, have regular business at this moment. … I remain an AI optimist. I am not an AI doomer. But we are at a moment in time … we've got to do something.

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[Bipartisan letter to President Trump from 14 senators, led by Jeanne Shaheen and Roger Wicker:] President Putin bears sole responsibility for launching Russia's full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Allowing him to participate in a G20 Summit in the United States raises serious concerns about legitimizing and normalizing a government that continues to attack Ukrainian civilian targets every day. … As Russia continues its war against Ukraine and refuses to agree to a just and lasting peace agreement, its government should not be afforded a business-as-usual treatment alongside other nations at G20 events. … We urge you to reverse course and rescind the invitation to President Putin.

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It's more than a message. Congress has the constitutional power to declare war, not the president. … If you don't want to listen to us, how about listen to the American public who's suffering? Listen to the 18 families who've lost loved ones. Listen to the hundreds of troops who've been injured. … [After the vote, on Republicans:] They have been carrying water for this ridiculous and illegal war for months and months and months and not listening to their constituents.

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There have been no suicides on board during this deployment. Since the beginning of LINCOLN'S deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group. [Letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, which also listed the carrier's mental-health staff and said there was "good order and discipline" and "adequate food supplies."]

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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.]

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When he's standing before the U.N. today and saying that, you know, his decision is whether to annihilate Iran — who talks like that? … We have spent 250 years as a nation, not perfect, trying to be a strong and reliable neighbor. He's trying to turn us into a global bully.

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Jensen makes an argument — I'm not sure I fully buy it — that as long as the world is relying on Nvidia chips, that's a good thing.

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Putting a drone launching site directly in the landing path for DCA is a stupid, dangerous, and unworkable idea.

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Public reports that AI targeting platforms have repeatedly generated spurious outputs risk serious operational error, in addition to undermining confidence of both the American public and international partners in the accuracy and reliability of U.S. intelligence.

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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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Yes they will be able to say 'we stood with Ukraine,' in the immediate aftermath. But when Donald Trump hits our allies with new tariffs and waives sanctions on Russia, the propaganda victory for Putin will be lasting, and the damage will be embedded in U.S. law.

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Ukraine's national security is directly linked to America's national security.

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We cannot pass landmark legislation governing this industry while allowing the president to personally profit from it. … [The Democratic counteroffer] is language Democrats have been seeking for the better part of a year.

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We owe it to the victims of the fatal mid-air collision near DCA and their loved ones to take action and prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again. DCA's overburdened runway is the busiest in the country, and the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) investigation of the January 2025 crash underscored the serious risks posed by unsustainable traffic levels at the airport.

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Congress must do more to ensure that the highest level of safety regulations is in place to prevent future tragedies.

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[Iranian forces] blew the hell out of Bahrain. … [There was] no place for them to pull in.

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After weeks of good faith and intensive efforts between U.S. and Canadian negotiators, Canada walked away from a near-final trade deal that offered better treatment than any other trading partner, and instead Canada chose to embark on senseless retaliation against the United States. Today's action, combining targeted import bans as authorized by Section 338 and a calibration of the underlying Section 338 tariffs, is a natural consequence of Canada's continued discriminatory treatment of crucial American exports, ranging from alcoholic beverages to dairy products to motor vehicles. President Trump will continue to leverage the tools at his disposal to defend the interests of American workers and exporters, and restore reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships.

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There has not been a single case of an American college or university administration adopting the BDS movement policies that are described in the bill. Not one.

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Let’s take my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and their argument, and that is the bill does nothing, and there’s nothing to see here. Then there’s no harm in passing it.

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The FBI and DOJ recently informed me that my phone conversations with State Senator and President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas were being monitored as part of their investigation into Senator Lucas. This is deeply concerning.

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Trump's DOJ has become his own personal law firm, with his former personal attorney carrying out vendettas on Trump's political enemies. They have politically investigated multiple states' Attorneys General and the former FBI director. Now they admit they have surveilled conversations by a sitting Democratic Congressman.

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The timing of this wiretap and investigation is extremely suspicious. The tap took place between March and May, which was at the peak of campaigning for the redistricting referendum in Virginia. This was also while the Oversight Committee was calling on Pam Bondi to testify on the Epstein investigation.

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If this surveillance was done to scare us and to get Democrats to stop pushing back against Trump's political overreach, they are mistaken. We will not back down. We will continue our investigations into this President and his corrupt administration.

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This project is not even close to being ready for prime time.

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Burgum and the Trump Administration are disregarding the risks and rushing this towering monument to Trump’s vanity because they believe Republicans will get crushed in November. They believe, I hope correctly, that the project will be endangered by a new Democratic majority that actually stands up to Trump.

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The Administration has not won the legal battle over the proposal, which is plainly illegal without congressional authorization. All of us who oppose it must stand up and redouble our efforts to stop this monstrosity.

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The person who was telling me about writing the amendment also thought that Trump would still hate it, because he and [White House trade adviser Peter] Navarro want carte blanche tariff authority.

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You need a confirmed individual there in Army leadership positions, and right now you don’t have that.

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Will prices come down for Americans? Who knows but likely not as much as Trump has forced them up thru his idiotic Iran War. But here's a guarantee—this will pad the pockets of Trump family and Big Oil companies and delay transition to cleaner energy. Using our troops for a private oil grab is corruption at epic scale!

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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.