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“That’s why we get elected, right? To serve our constituents and to be there for what they need from the federal government. And I felt the L.A. delegation has done that.”

“It’s deeply dangerous for Democrats to claim to be the party of working people while having elected officials who are putting their needs above the needs of their constituents.”

"I don't think this would have happened, except for the outcry throughout America. And we in the Senate are working with our constituents to show that outcry. We're going to keep fighting," he added.

Officials from states that have received federal money warned that a sudden freeze of unspecified duration will cause enormous social and economic disruption for their constituents.

He added: "There is a long list of policies and projects that we've won for our constituents, and for Scotland as a whole, and so we will be voting for the Budget."