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We advocated that the rights of Indigenous peoples should be written into our constitution, after more than a decade of campaigning, we were able to push for constitutional amendments, and now there is a clearer protection for our language, education and land rights. – Icyang Parod	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is the duty of the Attorney General’s Office to represent the State of Florida, and as you know, the legislature will be considering amendments to the law during the current session. – Chase Sizemore	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Second Amendment is what makes the rest of the amendments possible. If the state legislature wants to expand upon the foundational rights codified in the Second Amendment, they have the authority to do that. But SAPA is also about the Tenth Amendment. It’s about federalism and individual liberty, so we will be appealing the court’s ruling. – Andrew Bailey	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I have not seen any change in his stance that would earn my support, there's a group of us that presented Kevin McCarthy a list of amendments that we wanted to the House rules and to the conference rules four months ago. – Matt Rosendale	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I think that it needs to be a collaborative conversation in terms of what’s done with Title IX. The education amendments of 1972 that gave us Title IX, it prohibits exclusion on the basis of sex from any organization or any educational organization that receives federal finances and, of course, it became inclusive of sport when the addition of activity was added into Title IX, but that doesn’t really have protections over FINA or the IOC or other governing bodies that we continue to see discrimination from the trans community but also non-conforming community as well. – Shaun Fletcher	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
So the thing is, they run this place with an iron fist, you never get amendments, if you get amendments, you're going to lose. So they're just like wanting to throw you a token to get you out of the way. – Senator Paul	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We have some amendments to it. We believe that it should say nothing in this resolution is to be construed as an authorization of war and nothing in this resolution is to be construed as authorizing the use of troops into Ukraine. – Rand Paul	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have to look at the historic surroundings of when the Constitution was drafted in Philadelphia in 1787 and understand full well what the Founding Fathers had in mind for the states to have equal footing with the Congress in proposing amendments. – Steve Halloran	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Anyone who says originalism is rooted in White supremacy has it backwards, the three Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution were meant to eliminate White supremacy in the law.It was by departing from that meaning that the late 19th century/early 20th century Court became an enabler of Jim Crow. – Carrie Severino	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Last night, you may have seen Senator McConnell try to Rule-14 18 gotcha amendments. He was trying to say, ‘See, Democrats, you're not going to like 50 votes,' i challenged him and asked unanimous consent that we have 50 votes on those 18 plus the voting rights Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and the John Lewis Act. And of course, he objected. So we're not afraid of 50 votes. We want 50 votes. And McConnell's gotcha activity didn't quite work. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
These costs are necessary for the park's upkeep, in contrast, House Republicans have repeatedly voted to gut funding for public lands and public spaces, as recently as today: voting in the same markup to cut funding for public lands and public spaces from other amendments. – Another Pelosi spokesperson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We may need the weekend, we may vote on several amendments, but with the cooperation of our Republican colleagues, I believe we can finish the bipartisan infrastructure bill in a matter of days. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Given the bipartisan nature of the bill, The Senate should be able to process this legislation rather quickly, we may need the weekend, we may vote on several amendments, but with the cooperation of our Republican colleagues I believe we can finish the bipartisan infrastructure bill in a matter of days. – Chuck Schumer	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We will finish it this week, we’ve been so bipartisan. I haven’t seen anything like it in all the years that McConnell was leader, where we have been so open to the process. Today, we just offered them four more Republican amendments. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Literally, dozens of bipartisan amendments were added to the bill before it ever reached the floor, here on the floor, we are going to continue working through a series of amendments from both sides with such a depth of cooperation and consensus between our two parties, there is no reason we can't wrap up this bill this week and achieve a strong result for our country. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If our Republican colleagues, we welcome them on amendments throughout the bill, but if they don't see the big, bold need for change in infrastructure and climate that the nation sees and wants and that we see and want, we will have to move forward without them. But our first preference, let's see if they can work in a bipartisan way. – Chuck Schumer	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If Republicans let us get on the bill, we can work out a process to have bipartisan debate and amendments, but if the Republican minority prevents the Senate from even debating some of these common-sense proposals, we’ll have to try to move forward without them. – Chuck Schumer	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
[D]espite the fact that we believe any weakening of the House provisions were bad policy and bad politics, the reality is that the final amendments were relatively minor concessions, the American Rescue Plan has retained its core bold, progressive elements originally proposed by President Joe Biden and passed in the House relief package. – Pramila Jayapal	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
What amendments our friends in the minority propose is entirely up to them. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Im not walking around with security. I am the security, soIll carry in my office. I know that its OKfor members to carry there and I am going to set up a meeting with the Capitol [ Police ] chief andtalk to Capitol Police about further options to carry.... If there arent enough provisions there to make sure that I feel like Im safe and not disarmed, then I may try tomake some amendments to the rules inCongress. RIFLE, CO - MAY 29 : Lauren Boebert, owner of Shooters Grill, has gained national attention for her decision to encourage her staff to carry a firearm during work on May 29, 2018 in Rifle, Colorado. ( Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Shes concerned she may be a. – Lauren Boebert	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I wish they would talk, but I think it's deeper than that, tell me that there was a time that Leader McConnell actually legislated, and Leader McConnell debated, and Leader McConnell offered amendments, and Leader McConnell considered -- sometimes reconsider -- Leader McConnell assumptions after hearing the arguments of people who disagree with Leader McConnell. – John Kennedy	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Let me speak for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, I am opposed to non-germane amendments, whether it's funding for the FBI building or for example whether in the Democratic House bill it's a tax cut for high income earners in blue states or other non-germane amendments in the House bill like marijuana studies or aid to illegal immigrants. – Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 3 years ago
(The) government needs to allow forbearance, amendments and restructuring of loans, so companies can make it through. – Jay Foreman	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., supports the legislation and had hoped to pass it last Thursday, but Mitch McConnell was forced to delay consideration past the expiration date after Mike Lee, R-Utah, and two other senators Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Wyden said they would object. The House legislation, negotiated by White House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, would renew several provisions the FBI sees as vital to fighting terrorism but also aim to ensure stricter oversight of how the bureau conducts surveillance. PAUL : MY FISA AMENDMENT WILL KEEP Mike Lee had proposed a deal on the Senate floor Thursday extension of the current authorities if the Senate would consider several amendments to the White House bill that would further limit them. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, speaking on the floor for Mitch McConnell, objected to that deal, saying the Senate should instead pass the House bill. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has pushed for FISA reforms. ( AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Were not a rubberstamp for the House of Representatives, were certainly not a rubber stamp for the Deep State. – Mike Lee	Found on FOX News 4 years ago

We advocated that the rights of Indigenous peoples should be written into our constitution, after more than a decade of campaigning, we were able to push for constitutional amendments, and now there is a clearer protection for our language, education and land rights.

– Icyang Parod

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is the duty of the Attorney General’s Office to represent the State of Florida, and as you know, the legislature will be considering amendments to the law during the current session.

– Chase Sizemore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Second Amendment is what makes the rest of the amendments possible. If the state legislature wants to expand upon the foundational rights codified in the Second Amendment, they have the authority to do that. But SAPA is also about the Tenth Amendment. It’s about federalism and individual liberty, so we will be appealing the court’s ruling.

– Andrew Bailey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have not seen any change in his stance that would earn my support, there's a group of us that presented Kevin McCarthy a list of amendments that we wanted to the House rules and to the conference rules four months ago.

– Matt Rosendale

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think that it needs to be a collaborative conversation in terms of what’s done with Title IX. The education amendments of 1972 that gave us Title IX, it prohibits exclusion on the basis of sex from any organization or any educational organization that receives federal finances and, of course, it became inclusive of sport when the addition of activity was added into Title IX, but that doesn’t really have protections over FINA or the IOC or other governing bodies that we continue to see discrimination from the trans community but also non-conforming community as well.

– Shaun Fletcher

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

So the thing is, they run this place with an iron fist, you never get amendments, if you get amendments, you're going to lose. So they're just like wanting to throw you a token to get you out of the way.

– Senator Paul

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have some amendments to it. We believe that it should say nothing in this resolution is to be construed as an authorization of war and nothing in this resolution is to be construed as authorizing the use of troops into Ukraine.

– Rand Paul

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have to look at the historic surroundings of when the Constitution was drafted in Philadelphia in 1787 and understand full well what the Founding Fathers had in mind for the states to have equal footing with the Congress in proposing amendments.

– Steve Halloran

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Anyone who says originalism is rooted in White supremacy has it backwards, the three Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution were meant to eliminate White supremacy in the law.It was by departing from that meaning that the late 19th century/early 20th century Court became an enabler of Jim Crow.

– Carrie Severino

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Last night, you may have seen Senator McConnell try to Rule-14 18 gotcha amendments. He was trying to say, ‘See, Democrats, you're not going to like 50 votes,' i challenged him and asked unanimous consent that we have 50 votes on those 18 plus the voting rights Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and the John Lewis Act. And of course, he objected. So we're not afraid of 50 votes. We want 50 votes. And McConnell's gotcha activity didn't quite work.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

These costs are necessary for the park's upkeep, in contrast, House Republicans have repeatedly voted to gut funding for public lands and public spaces, as recently as today: voting in the same markup to cut funding for public lands and public spaces from other amendments.

– Another Pelosi spokesperson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We may need the weekend, we may vote on several amendments, but with the cooperation of our Republican colleagues, I believe we can finish the bipartisan infrastructure bill in a matter of days.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Given the bipartisan nature of the bill, The Senate should be able to process this legislation rather quickly, we may need the weekend, we may vote on several amendments, but with the cooperation of our Republican colleagues I believe we can finish the bipartisan infrastructure bill in a matter of days.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We will finish it this week, we’ve been so bipartisan. I haven’t seen anything like it in all the years that McConnell was leader, where we have been so open to the process. Today, we just offered them four more Republican amendments.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Literally, dozens of bipartisan amendments were added to the bill before it ever reached the floor, here on the floor, we are going to continue working through a series of amendments from both sides with such a depth of cooperation and consensus between our two parties, there is no reason we can't wrap up this bill this week and achieve a strong result for our country.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If our Republican colleagues, we welcome them on amendments throughout the bill, but if they don't see the big, bold need for change in infrastructure and climate that the nation sees and wants and that we see and want, we will have to move forward without them. But our first preference, let's see if they can work in a bipartisan way.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If Republicans let us get on the bill, we can work out a process to have bipartisan debate and amendments, but if the Republican minority prevents the Senate from even debating some of these common-sense proposals, we’ll have to try to move forward without them.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

[D]espite the fact that we believe any weakening of the House provisions were bad policy and bad politics, the reality is that the final amendments were relatively minor concessions, the American Rescue Plan has retained its core bold, progressive elements originally proposed by President Joe Biden and passed in the House relief package.

– Pramila Jayapal

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

What amendments our friends in the minority propose is entirely up to them.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Im not walking around with security. I am the security, soIll carry in my office. I know that its OKfor members to carry there and I am going to set up a meeting with the Capitol [ Police ] chief andtalk to Capitol Police about further options to carry.... If there arent enough provisions there to make sure that I feel like Im safe and not disarmed, then I may try tomake some amendments to the rules inCongress. RIFLE, CO - MAY 29 : Lauren Boebert, owner of Shooters Grill, has gained national attention for her decision to encourage her staff to carry a firearm during work on May 29, 2018 in Rifle, Colorado. ( Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Shes concerned she may be a.

– Lauren Boebert

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I wish they would talk, but I think it's deeper than that, tell me that there was a time that Leader McConnell actually legislated, and Leader McConnell debated, and Leader McConnell offered amendments, and Leader McConnell considered -- sometimes reconsider -- Leader McConnell assumptions after hearing the arguments of people who disagree with Leader McConnell.

– John Kennedy

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Let me speak for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, I am opposed to non-germane amendments, whether it's funding for the FBI building or for example whether in the Democratic House bill it's a tax cut for high income earners in blue states or other non-germane amendments in the House bill like marijuana studies or aid to illegal immigrants.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
3 years ago

(The) government needs to allow forbearance, amendments and restructuring of loans, so companies can make it through.

– Jay Foreman

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., supports the legislation and had hoped to pass it last Thursday, but Mitch McConnell was forced to delay consideration past the expiration date after Mike Lee, R-Utah, and two other senators Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Wyden said they would object. The House legislation, negotiated by White House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, would renew several provisions the FBI sees as vital to fighting terrorism but also aim to ensure stricter oversight of how the bureau conducts surveillance. PAUL : MY FISA AMENDMENT WILL KEEP Mike Lee had proposed a deal on the Senate floor Thursday extension of the current authorities if the Senate would consider several amendments to the White House bill that would further limit them. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, speaking on the floor for Mitch McConnell, objected to that deal, saying the Senate should instead pass the House bill. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has pushed for FISA reforms. ( AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Were not a rubberstamp for the House of Representatives, were certainly not a rubber stamp for the Deep State.

– Mike Lee

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

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