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U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) speaks out against civil rights laws and the civil rights movement. "Rather than protecting the constitutional order of the founders, it has become the vanguard of a revolution of political-legal-social-even-moral underpinnings of American society."
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) on President Donald Trump being friends with Jeffrey Epstein: "They knew each other. They ran in the same circles. It's just like me. I know a lot of dirtbags myself."
U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) on the GOP's redistricting efforts in Texas: "Republicans are covering for predators because that's what the felon in the White House has asked them and ordered them to do."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) grills Christopher Fox, the intelligence community inspector general nominee, over President Trump trying to distract the public from the Epstein files by attacking President Obama. "My ten-year-old nephew understands that was a distraction."
CNN's Manu Raju reports that U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) has received "about 500 to 1" ratio of calls from his district regarding the release of the Epstein files.
U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) grills Acting FEMA Director David Richardson and asks if he thinks he should apologize for the Kerr County, Texas flooding disaster: STANTON: "You're the leader, but you did not lead as you are required to by federal law. But worse, you seem…
U.S. Rep. and Senate candidate Robin Kelly (D-IL) to WCPT's Richard Chew on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) avoiding an Epstein files vote: "It does make you wonder what's in those files that they are holding on to them so dearly ... You let go MLK [Jr.'s FBI files] despite…
CNN'S KASIE HUNT: "Would you ever use subpoena power to try to find out more information about Jeffrey Epstein?" U.S. REP. JASON SMITH (R-MO): "If I felt like that it was a priority for Americans, then, of course. But like I said, this has not been something that's been a…
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) praises the controversial "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida and calls for one in Texas: "I'm hopeful that other states will step up to help in similar ways. If we could find a way to make something like this work in Texas, I would strongly support it."
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) can't get a yes-or-no answer from Alex Adams, nominee for Assistant Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, on if he would review the Trump administration's firings at Head Start.