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Illinois U.S. Rep Jesús "Chuy" García: "While these amendments are important, however, we cannot continue to vote for ever-expanding defense..."

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Jesús "Chuy" García tweeted the following:

"While these amendments are important, however, we cannot continue to vote for ever-expanding defense authorizations, while year after year the everyday threats that our communities faceincome inequality, access to health care, and gun violence, to name only a fewgo unaddressed."
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Here are other recent tweets from Jesús "Chuy" García:

"My second amendment would suspend Ukraines debt payments to international institutions. This is an important effort because @Ukraine needs its money to defend itself, support its people, and eventually rebuild, instead of paying debts to international institutions like the IMF."
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"My third amendment calls for a study of the humanitarian effects that broad sanctions have on civilian populations."
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"We should not authorize an unprecedented $839.3 billion for military programs. This massive amount dwarfs all other domestic priorities, including assistance for working families as they face the effects of inflation and corporate price gouging of food and household supplies."
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