“He sounded good. He wants to be back. He is clearly dialed in to what's going on.
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JT
Senate Majority Leader • South Dakota
Senate Majority Leader. Senior United States Senator from South Dakota.
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“Why are we doing this bill? We are here today only because Democrats refuse to appropriate a single dollar for our border and immigration law enforcement.
“Republicans are going to continue to ensure that these agencies have the funding that they need to fulfill their national security responsibilities.
“A few days from now, on June 12, that program goes dark, and I just think that would be a dangerous mistake for the country.
“Hard to say.
“This is an environment where nothing's a safe or a sure bet these days. Most of our members are pretty deferential to who the president wants.
“We don't need a weaponized DNI, we need professionals there.
“John Cornyn, I believe, had been a great partner for us in the Senate, and had done a great job for Texas and for our country. But you know, the voters, Republican voters in Texas spoke last night. Ken Paxton is our nominee heading into November, and we've got to pivot and go all-in to make sure that we keep Texas red.
“It became more complicated and a bumpy path than we hoped. The White House should have consulted Congress before it announced the settlement — it made everything way harder than it should be.
“I think that there are — and will be, continue to be — a lot of questions around that that the administration is going to have to answer.
“Yeah, not a big fan. I'm not sure exactly how they intend to use it. But my understanding is that was just announced... I don't see a purpose for that.
“Not a big fan. I'm not exactly sure how they would use it, but my understanding is that was just announced. But yeah, I don't see a purpose for that.
“I think it would be best if everybody hung together and supported the president.
“We have a multistep process ahead of us, but at the end Republicans will have helped ensure that America's borders are secure and prevented Democrats from defunding these important agencies.
“I really regret that the Democrats have forced us down this path, because in my view, the appropriations process is one of the, maybe not many, but at least few things that we ought to be able to do around here in a bipartisan way.
“It's not my preference, but it is reality.
“I would leave the church alone. I think one of my colleagues said it well; the president and the pope are both outspoken people, but they both have lanes and hopefully they'll stay in them.
“The Iranian regime is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans. It's about time we had a President willing to defend Americans and willing to use leverage to bring this regime to the negotiating table. The president has done what no other administration was willing to do.
“Our theory of the case behind all this was to keep that thing as narrow and focused as possible, and that maximizes, I think, the speed at which we can do it and the support for it.
“To succeed, it would have to be pretty narrowly focused. Reconciliation is — it's what the traffic will bear.
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