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土耳其运营油轮在黑海遇袭 疑遭无人水面航行器攻击

发布时间 / 来源：2026年3月26日 15:59 / 联合早报

这艘名为“阿尔图拉（Altura）号”的油轮星期四（3月26日）凌晨，在距离博斯普鲁斯海峡15海里处遇袭。 （路透社档案照片）

土耳其交通部长乌拉洛格鲁说，一艘土耳其运营的油轮在黑海遭到袭击，袭击者可能是无人水面航行器。

法新社报道，乌拉洛格鲁说，这起事件发生在星期四（3月26日）凌晨。他接受当地电视采访时说：“一艘悬挂外国国旗、由土耳其公司运营的油轮，从俄罗斯装载原油后，在午夜过后向我们的紧急呼叫中心报告称，机舱发生爆炸。”

他也说：“我们认为机舱是袭击的特定目标。我们认为袭击并非由无人机实施，而是由水面上的无人水面航行器所为。”

另据当地NTV电视台报道，这艘名为“阿尔图拉（Altura）号”的油轮在距离博斯普鲁斯海峡15海里处遇袭。

船舶追踪数据显示，这艘苏伊士型油轮满载约100万桶来自俄罗斯新罗西斯克市的乌拉尔原油。Altura目前受到英国和欧盟的制裁，但未受美国制裁。

据土耳其海事新闻网站HaberDenizde报道，油轮驾驶台发生爆炸，机舱也进水了，目前没有造成任何人伤亡。

New Jersey Gov Sherrill signs law barring ICE agents from wearing face coverings to shield identities

The law also requires officers to present identification before detaining someone

By Landon Mion
Fox News

Published March 25, 2026 11:50pm EDT

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, signed legislation on Wednesday to limit the use of face coverings for law enforcement, including federal ICE agents,

The law, which requires officers to present identification before detaining someone, comes as some federal agents have sought to hide their identities during immigration raids in communities across the country.

Sherrill, who was sworn into office in January, said the mask restriction is part of an effort to ensure the safety of residents of the Garden State.

“I can’t believe we have to say this, but in the United States of America, we’re not going to tolerate masked roving militias pretending, pretending to be well-trained law enforcement agents,” she said.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation limiting face coverings for ICE agents.(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The law is part of a package that the governor said will “protect people’s privacy and their rights” and “strengthen trust between law enforcement and our communities.”

Democrats in Congress and in various state legislatures have sought for months to adopt measures that would ban immigration agents from wearing masks to hide their identities, arguing that such legislation is needed to ensure transparency.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, also signed a law earlier this month limiting face coverings for ICE agents.

The Department of Homeland Security has criticized efforts to unmask ICE agents, including calling the new Washington state measure “irresponsible, reckless and dangerous.”

The measure requires officers to present identification before detaining someone.(Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

“To be crystal clear: we will not abide by this unconstitutional ban,” the department said at the time.

Sherrill’s signature on Wednesday comes as she continues to target the Trump administration’s immigration raids. Earlier this year, she announced a portal to allow residents to upload photos and videos of ICE agents conducting immigration operations.

“If you see an ICE agent in the street, get your phone out, we want to know,” Sherrill said at the time. “They have not been forthcoming. They will pick people up, they will not tell us who they are, they will not tell us if they’re here legally, they won’t check. They’ll pick up American citizens. They picked up a five-year-old child. We want documentation, and we are going to make sure we get it.”

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has criticized efforts to unmask ICE agents.(Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

“We saw people in the street with masks and no insignia. So not accountable at all, hiding from the population — and we saw again and again an undermining of what law enforcement should do to keep people safe,” she added.

The Trump administration is also suing New Jersey over Sherrill’s executive order last month that prohibits federal immigration agents from making arrests in nonpublic areas of state property, including correctional facilities and courthouses. The order also blocks the use of state property as a staging or processing area for immigration enforcement.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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对尚穆根国会答复做不实陈述 “网络公民”出版商与总编辑许渊臣接更正指示 | 联合早报

发布时间：2026-03-26T03:38:44.000Z | 来源：联合早报

时政平台“网络公民”出版商和总编辑刚在星期四（3月26日）遵循当局要求在《海峡时报》刊登更正信息，同天再接到另一个更正指示，须在《海峡时报》就它对有关国家安全统筹部长兼内政部长尚穆根的国会答复的不实陈述，再刊登更正信息。

尚穆根星期四援引《防止网络假信息和网络操纵法令》（POFMA），针对一篇涉及他本月初在国会回复有关两名新加坡人被指在加沙冲突中为以色列国防军作战的询问的不实文章，向网络公民（The Online Citizen）的出版商Miao Yi Infotech公司，以及总编辑许渊臣发出更正指示。

这篇不实文章在网络公民的网站和社媒账号，以及在同样由许渊臣运营的网络平台“嘿道”（Heidoh.com）发布。

内政部星期四发文告说，网络公民文章做出的不实陈述包括称尚穆根回复有关国会询问时，故意提供不完整的答复，以及政府知道两名被指在加沙冲突中为以色列国防军作战的新加坡人身份，但选择不公开，并且基于维护我国同以色列的关系，也选择不对这两人采取行动。

内政部指出，这篇不实文章也称，我国政府没有援引POFMA，对报道有两名新加坡人为以色列国防军作战的英国媒体“Declassified UK”发出更正指示，是因为有关报道属实。

内政部强调，政府至今没有证据显示有任何新加坡人曾在加沙冲突中为以色列国防军作战。此外，政府没有对“Declassified UK”发出更正指示，是因为目前没有可以证明有关报道真伪的信息。

政府没有对那两名新加坡人采取行动，是因为目前没有确凿信息证实有关指责以及他们的身份。

内政部长在POFMA法令第11（3）（b）条文赋予的权力下，有权要求收到更正指示的一方在指定的报刊刊登更正信息。许渊臣和Miao Yi Infotech须在《海峡时报》刊登更正信息，同时也须在网站和社交媒体账号上发布更正信息。

这也是网络公民本周内接到的第二个更正指示。律政部长兼内政部第二部长唐振辉星期一（23日）援引POFMA，针对一篇涉及总检察长任命程序的不实文章，向Miao Yi Infotech和许渊臣发出更正指示。网络公民已遵循当局要求在网站和社交媒体账号上发布更正信息，并在星期四于《海峡时报》刊登更正信息。

3月26日，悬挂塞拉利昂国旗的“萨拉天空”号货轮，停泊在菲律宾巴丹省利迈港。 （法新社）

一名知情人士向法新社透露，一艘载有约70万桶俄罗斯原油的货轮已抵达菲律宾。此前数日，菲律宾因中东战争宣布进入国家能源紧急状态。

这名知情人士星期四（3月26日）说，这艘悬挂塞拉利昂（Sierra Leone）国旗的“萨拉天空”号（Sara Sky）货轮于星期一抵达，船上装载着来自俄罗斯ESPO输油管道的高品质原油。

文件显示，收货人为菲律宾唯一炼油厂的运营商——佩特龙石油公司（Petron Corp）。由于未获授权接受媒体采访，这名人士要求匿名。

菲律宾非常依赖进口燃料，自美国与以色列对伊朗发动战争、导致霍尔木兹海峡部分封锁以来，进口燃料价格已飙升至历史新高。

法新社记者星期四在马尼拉郊外的利迈港（佩特龙炼油厂所在地）看到停泊的“萨拉天空”号。据信这是五年来俄罗斯石油首次运抵菲律宾。

上周，佩特龙首席执行官拉蒙·昂（Ramon Ang）告诉法新社，公司正在“洽谈”可能购买俄罗斯石油。他星期四拒绝证实这批石油已经抵达。

菲律宾总统小马可斯星期三说，菲律宾正在广泛寻找燃料来源，因为国家日益减少的燃料库存预计只能维持45天。

习特会延至5月 台防长称未收到美军售延缓通知

发布时间 / 来源：2026-03-26T03:49:20.000Z / 联合早报

对于习特会延迟5月举行，台湾国防部长顾立雄称，并未因此收到美军售将延缓的通知。图为顾立雄去年9月在台北国际航太暨国防工业展上，参观美国展厅。 （路透社档案照）

对于习特会延迟5月举行，台湾国防部长顾立雄称，并未因此收到美军售将延缓的通知。

综合台湾《自由时报》《联合报》等报道，针对习特会推迟至5月中进行，会否影响美国对台军售案，顾立雄星期四（3月26日）在立法院备询前受访时说，国防部已获得美方愿意供售的保证信函，也与美国战争部就相关军售的品项、数量、金额、交易期程等保持绵密沟通，目前推动中的军售案还在美方内部审议中，并未收到延缓的通知。

台湾立法院外交国防委员会与财政联席委员会星期一（23日）、星期三（25日）和星期四召开联席会，并案审查行政院、国民党团和民众党团版本的军购特别条例。

由于多数条文均因朝野难有共识遭保留，未来面临朝野协商的一个月冷冻期，恐怕难以在3月前完成三读。

对于先前已授权签署军售案发价书头期款的支付，是否受到法案进度影响，顾立雄说，国防部没办法预期什么时候能通过军购条例。对于已签署的发价书，国防部正与美方协商是否能展延一段时间，或是否能降低支付比例。

赵乐际吁政治解决分歧 推动构建亚洲安全模式 | 联合早报

发布时间：2026年3月26日 11:50 | 来源：联合早报

中共政治局常委、中国全国人大常委会委员长赵乐际星期四（3月26日）在海南举行的博鳌亚洲论坛2026年年会全体大会上发表主旨演讲。 （林展霆摄）

中共政治局常委、中国全国人大常委会委员长赵乐际说，要反对文明冲突和意识形态对抗，尊重各国主权和领土完整，坚持不干涉别国内政；通过和平方式、政治解决分歧，推动构建“求同存异、对话协商的亚洲安全模式”。

赵乐际星期四（3月26日）在海南举行的博鳌亚洲论坛2026年年会全体大会上发表主旨演讲时说，当前世界地缘冲突与局部战争此起彼伏，霸权主义和强权政治威胁上升；各国人民要求和平与发展的愿望更加迫切，追求公平正义的呼声更加强烈。

他呼吁，要摒弃冲突对抗，开创和平安宁的美好未来。赵乐际说，亚洲人民饱受战乱之苦，深知和平稳定的珍贵；各方应践行共同、综合、合作、可持续的安全观，尊重各国主权和领土完整，坚持不干涉别国内政，通过和平方式，政治解决分歧，推动构建“求同存异、对话协商的亚洲安全模式”。

赵乐际强调，要摒弃强权霸凌，开创公平正义的美好未来。他说，亚洲人民拥有反抗殖民主义、帝国主义和霸权主义的传统；各方应践行共商共建共享的全球治理观，坚持真正的多边主义，坚定维护以联合国为核心的国际体系和以国际法为基础的国际秩序，推动构建更加公正合理的全球治理体系。

他还说，要摒弃封闭排他，开创合作共赢的美好未来。各方应倡导包容普惠的经济全球化，坚持开放合作、相互成就，发挥比较优势，破除各类壁垒，共同维护全球产业链供应链稳定畅通，为世界经济注入更多稳定性和正能量。

此前，赵乐际星期三（25日）与博鳌亚洲论坛理事和高级顾问会面时说，希望各方为论坛发展献计出力，坚守创办初心，发挥论坛的亚洲特色；坚持与时俱进，提升论坛的思想引领；坚持开放包容，当好中国与世界的互动窗口。

US FEMA resumes key disaster prevention program that it canceled last year

March 26, 2026 2:59 AM UTC / Reuters

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WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday it was resuming a disaster ​prevention program it canceled last year and reopening ‌it to funding applications following legal setbacks.

U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns ruled in December that President Donald Trump’s administration had unlawfully terminated ​the FEMA grant program designed to protect states ​and communities against natural disasters before they occur.

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This ⁠month, Stearns ordered the agency to take more steps ​in restoring the program called the Building Resilient Infrastructure ​and Communities program.

“Through this funding opportunity, FEMA is making $1 billion in federal funding available to states, local governments, territories and Tribal Nations, ​empowering them to take decisive, proactive steps to ​protect their communities from potential disasters like fires, floods, earthquakes and ‌hurricanes,” ⁠FEMA said in a statement on Wednesday.

FEMA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, announced last April it would end the program, calling it wasteful, ​ineffective and ​politicized.

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FEMA has seen ⁠significant staff cuts since Trump took office in January 2025.

The agency’s mission is ​to help people before, during and after disasters, ​including ⁠hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. It brings in emergency personnel, supplies and equipment to stricken areas.

Democratic lawmakers have criticized ⁠the ​Trump administration and former DHS ​chief Kristi Noem for what they say is the slow-walking of FEMA ​grants.

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广西一把手：不要干那些留骂名让人背后戳脊梁骨的事 | 联合早报

发布时间 / 来源：2026年3月26日 11:53 / 联合早报

中共广西壮族自治区党委书记陈刚指出，自治区党委常委会班子成员要以身作则、示范引领，做到“五要五不要”，其中包括要按规律办事，不要干那些留骂名、让人背后戳脊梁骨的事情。

据《广西日报》报道，广西自治区党委常委会星期二（3月24日）开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育读书班暨自治区党委理论学习中心组2026年第一次专题学习集中研讨。陈刚主持并讲话，自治区党委副书记、自治区主席韦韬也参加。

陈刚称，全区各级党组织要坚持以学固本，增强树立和践行正确政绩观的内在自觉，把中共总书记习近平关于正确政绩观的重要论述作为必修课、常修课，从党性和世界观、人生观、价值观入手，在深学细悟中筑牢思想根基，在融会贯通中把准实践要求，做到守住初心、知行合一，以“功成不必在我，功成必定有我”的境界，自觉为人民出政绩、以实干出政绩。

陈刚说，要坚持问题导向，深入查摆个人层面急功近利盲目蛮干的“急躁症”、弄虚作假欺上瞒下的“浮夸症”、竭泽而渔重物轻人的“短视症”、安于现状不思进取的“躺平症”、新官不理旧账推责卸担的“推诿症”等五种政绩观偏差“病症”。

同时，深入查摆组织层面以上率下树立和践行正确政绩观有差距、加强学习教育引导不够、选人用人方面出现偏差和从历史、长远、群众口碑评价干部政绩有待加强等问题。

陈刚指出，这些问题追根溯源是理想信念“总开关”拧得不紧、履职本领“基本功”练得不实、考核评价“指挥棒”定得不准、监督问责“防火墙”筑得不严、担当精神“铁肩膀”淬得不够硬。

他强调，自治区党委常委会班子成员要以身作则、示范引领，做到“五要五不要”，包括要按照习近平和中共中央要求办，不要凭个人意愿、个人好恶、个人所长干；要摸着良心干事，不要务虚功、图虚名；要按规律办事，不要干那些留骂名、让人背后戳脊梁骨的事情；要为老百姓办好事、办实事，不要空许诺、搞空头支票；要坚持吃苦在前、享乐在后，凡是要求别人做到的，自己要先做到，不要贪图名利、投机取巧，必须时刻树立公仆意识。

此前，陈刚也在中国全国人大会议期间脱稿“亮家丑”，批评去年落马的广西壮族自治区政府主席蓝天立搞家族式腐败，“你还指望他真心地为老百姓办事儿？”

DOJ settles with Michael Flynn over Russia probe after wrongful prosecution claim: ‘Historic injustice’

Flynn filed suit in 2023 alleging malicious prosecution by a ‘virulently anti-Trump leadership’ within the FBI

By Emma Bussey, Jake Gibson
Fox News

Published March 25, 2026 8:50pm EDT

The Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement Wednesday with Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, over a legal battle tied to his contacts with a Russian diplomat during the Mueller probe.

Official court papers seen by Fox News Digital do not disclose the financial terms of the settlement, but the government is said to be paying Flynn approximately $1.2 million to resolve the matter, The Associated Press reported.

The agreement concludes a lengthy legal saga stemming from the Russia investigation.

Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2017, to giving false statements to the FBI about his communications with Russia’s ambassador to the United States.

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The Justice Department reached a settlement Wednesday with Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor to President Donald Trump.(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo, File)

Those discussions included Russia’s response to U.S. sanctions and a United Nations Security Council resolution regarding Israel.

The charge stemmed from Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and possible links between Trump campaign officials and Russian figures.

Mueller, a former FBI director who led the bureau from 2001 to 2013, later served as special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, a probe that shadowed much of Trump’s presidency.

He brought charges against multiple Trump associates, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Flynn.

JUDGE ORDERS DOJ TO GIVE COMEY GRAND JURY RECORDS, CITING PROSECUTOR’S MISCONDUCT

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One before departing Palm Beach International Airport, March 1, in West Palm Beach, Fla.(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

His final report detailed extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia, but did not establish a criminal conspiracy. Flynn later sought to withdraw his guilty plea and accused federal prosecutors of acting in bad faith.

By 2019, he claimed innocence, citing alleged FBI misconduct.

Although Flynn was pardoned by Trump in late 2020, he filed a lawsuit in 2023 seeking at least $50 million in damages, alleging wrongful and malicious prosecution.

He argued the case, brought by what he described as a “virulently anti-Trump leadership” within the FBI, cost him tens of millions of dollars in business opportunities and future earning potential.

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Robert Mueller, then FBI director, speaks during a news conference in 2008.(Alex Wong/Getty Images, File)

Under the previous administration, the DOJ moved to dismiss Flynn’s complaint. Now, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, a critic of the Russia probe, the department changed course.

In a statement, the DOJ called the settlement an “important step in redressing” what it described as a “historic injustice,” The Associated Press reported.

A spokesperson said the department will pursue accountability to ensure such “weaponization of the federal government” does not recur.

According to a notice of settlement filed in the Middle District of Florida, the case will be dismissed with prejudice once Flynn confirms receipt of the funds, preventing the claims from being refiled.

The filing states each party will bear its own legal costs and that the court will not retain jurisdiction over the agreement.

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In a statement Wednesday, Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said: “The Department of Justice’s reported decision to pay out more than $1 million of taxpayers’ dollars to Michael Flynn is as outrageous as it is indefensible.”

Warner also described the settlement as one that “sends exactly the wrong message to our adversaries, to our intelligence professionals, and to the American people.

“It undermines the rule of law, demeans the work of the men and women who safeguard our national security, and suggests that accountability depends on who you are and who you know, not what you’ve done.”

The DOJ did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.

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House Budget chairman reveals how Republicans will pay for the Iran campaign

The Trump administration has floated a $200B request for the Iran campaign, with anti-fraud spending cuts eyed to offset the price tag

By Adam Pack
Fox News

Published March 25, 2026 8:20pm EDT

House Republicans are lurching forward with a second budget reconciliation package, ending months of speculation about whether the chamber would attempt to marshal a second GOP-only megabill through Congress before November’s midterm elections.

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, said Wednesday he wants the measure to pay for President Donald Trump’s Iran campaign and enact anti-fraud provisions that offset the cost of the anticipated defense infusion’s large price tag.

“It’s an opportunity to solve two problems and address two challenges and advance two great causes: fund the military, provide a strong defense, win the war, achieve the objectives and do it in a way that doesn’t put our kids further in the hole,” Arrington told reporters.

“We’re all but ready to mark up a budget resolution,” Arrington continued, adding his panel is still continuing to hash out the details of the package.

Representative Jodey Arrington, R-Texas and the chairman of the House Budget Committee, center, speaks during a House Budget Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 18, 2025.(Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The Trump administration has floated a $200 billion request to help pay for the war in Iran but has yet to deliver a formal request. Given Democrats’ expected opposition to a defense supplemental, some House Republicans have said a second reconciliation package is the only viable vehicle to advance the measure and other Trump priorities through Congress.

“Democrats have obstructed everything,” Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. “So, we believe, unfortunately, that reconciliation is the only mechanism to move the rest of the President’s agenda.”

Republicans have zeroed in on fraud in social services for months and view the enactment of fraud-related spending cuts as a way to offset the cost of the package.

The budget reconciliation process would allow Republicans to circumvent the Senate’s 60-vote requirement and pass a spending measure with a simple majority.

Arrington said he would be working closely with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who also announced Wednesday that his panel would begin drafting reconciliation instructions. The South Carolina Republican floated funding increases for the military and law enforcement in addition to voter integrity measures as possible items in a second reconciliation bill.

“Let’s put it this way: The reconciliation train is leaving the station,” Graham posted on X after the two lawmakers met to discuss a second megabill Wednesday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building July 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Though Republicans are likely to broadly support defense supplemental funding and fraud-prevention measures, a second megabill could still face major hurdles.

Republicans narrowly passed Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act in June 2025 after months of intraparty disagreement. Under House Republicans’ razor-thin majority, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can afford to spare just one GOP defection in a party-line vote.

However, Arrington argued that the war in Iran would be a unifying force to get the bill done.

“I think funding our military in a time of war, if there’s no sense of urgency and accountability from members of Congress to support our commander in chief, I can’t think of one,” Arrington said. “I do think the big push is going to be supporting our sons and daughters in uniform and making sure they have what they need to be successful.”

Arrington did not shut the door on including parts of the SAVE America Act in a GOP-only megabill. However, its sweeping provisions, requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and voter ID requirements, could fail to meet reconciliation’s stringent budget requirements.

The Trump-backed election bill has stalled in the Senate due to widespread Democratic opposition, though the upper chamber is continuing to debate the measure.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters outside his office on the 28th day of the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington Oct. 28, 2025.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

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Johnson, who has long pushed for a second budget bill, said Wednesday he was encouraged by Graham moving forward with reconciliation.

“I’m glad to know the Senate is interested in reconciliation 2.0,” the speaker said. “I have been a broken record. We need to do that. It’s an important legislative tool.”