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Every day, this administration continues to target LGBTQIA+ kids. It's incredibly harmful and does the exact opposite of what our shared goal should be: protecting kids. The LGBTQIA+ community and all our students deserve better.

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We need to stop stealing money out of college [and] university institutions for education, for tuition, for professors, and putting it into an arms race on sports. … But compensation on revenue sharing is probably the most important thing we could possibly enshrine in federal law today. This is [Congress] saying, for the first time, that an athlete gets a percentage of the media rights, the ticket sales and the sponsorship.

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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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The FDA has said this is safe. We need someone in FDA to make sure this is done by science. [Pressing Overton on mifepristone.]

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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.

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The Senate's failure to pass my War Powers Resolution is a slap in the face to the millions of American people who want this war to end. The Senate had the opportunity to send a clear message to this administration that they would not stand for another day of his war of choice. Instead, a majority of Senate Republicans acted as a cult party and stood by Trump's unpopular and devastating war. In the House, we will continue to pass these resolutions and demand an end to the war. It is time to reassert Congress's constitutional authority to declare war.

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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.

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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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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?

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This legislation is historic in the fact that it puts into law 12 — more than a dozen I should say — important provisions that help athletes and protect them for the future. … More improvements, more votes!

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We think it's part of the equation, we don't think it's the whole story. It's getting the federal government to start playing a larger role and being more prepared and understanding the risk assessment landscape and what the federal government should be doing in that environment.

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Today's House passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 is great news for ports, harbors and inland waterways in the Pacific Northwest and across the country. … I look forward to working with the Senate to pass a final WRDA 2026 into law.

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This bill brings order to [college sports]. It helps women and Olympic sports, and it sets up a commission to look at the real future, which I think should include collective bargaining. … Let's bring some sanity. Recognize that athletes do deserve revenue sharing, and that this bill will put that into law for the first time.

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Seattle is joining this lawsuit to stand up for our values and the rule of law. Seattle is a place where people seeking opportunity can earn prosperity through hard work. Needing a little help along the way should never be used against someone in an immigration context.

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The federal government's attempt to gut the Endangered Species Act threatens the habitats of orcas, sockeye salmon, and other endangered species that are part of our economy, culture, and way of life. The Trump administration is trying to undermine the law, the will of Congress and the will of the people who overwhelmingly support protections for endangered species. Instead of stewardship, this administration's approach to our land, to our water is one of exploitation.

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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.

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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.

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Working America is hanging on by a thread, trying to feed our families without being beholden to big government or big business.

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If that’s what they feel they need to do, it’s not going to change.

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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.

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We are writing to express our deep concern regarding the recent extended deployments of the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln.

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Washington state won't be bullied into changing how we provide opportunities for young people in our state.

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The Constitution is clear: states control elections — not the president.

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Today, we are taking strong, joint legal action to stop Trump's unlawful attempt to restrict mail-in voting through the Postal Service. Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling did not say that Trump's executive order attacking voting rights is constitutional. But the law is clear: States have the authority to run elections — not the president. We will not stand by while Trump and Republicans try to unnecessarily inject chaos and confusion into our elections, just weeks before voting begins.

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Today's Supreme Court decision gets the Trump Administration one step closer to implementing its voter suppression order.

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Let’s be clear about who pays a 50% tariff on Canada: American businesses. American families. A tariff is a tax WE pay.

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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.

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At a moment when the United States is experiencing the highest surge in measles cases in thirty-five years, your administration is placing more children in harm's way rather than protecting them. The health and safety of America's children must not be sacrificed for political theater and ideology. Every day this Executive Order remains in effect, more children go without the vaccines that would protect them, additional outbreaks become more likely, and lives are put at risk.

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So — our US wannabe authoritarian ruler has decided to ditch democracy in South Korea for the authoritarian rules in North Korea that he so admires?

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This is a critically important opportunity to build solidarity in the fight against interventionism and democratic backsliding, and to learn how the United States can be a partner in those efforts.