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29 Jun, 4 tweets, 3 min read
"No Democratic member of Congress conceived of this. It was absolutely conceived by the people, which is why we built it For the People. This came directly from what people have been telling us for years they want to see." - @RepSarbanes on the For the People Act
"You did not give up. You keep showing up and saying we can see the summit, don't tell us we can't get to the top of the mountain."

"Every Senate Democrat can feel history bearing down on them." - @RepSarbanes on the momentum behind the For the People Act Image
"It is up to us to make certain that last week's vote was not the end of our fight for the For the People Act, but rather the beginning of this next stage... Because despite what Mitch McConnell would have us believe, we know that now is not the moment to give up." - @RepMondaire Image
"We are, therefore, in the fight of our lives. And this fight obviously will not be easy. We know that. But fights worth winning rarely are, & we have already made such great progress."

"Together we brought Sen. Manchin back to the table." - @RepMondaire

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