“[Objecting to the Democrats' unanimous-consent request, Cruz said he still has] real reservations about this specific proposal[, arguing it would give the executive branch] unbound discretion [in regulating private AI companies by letting it pick the safety board that sets the rules. Of the stalled bipartisan AI safety negotiations, he said:] I'm frustrated by that.
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Senior United States Senator from Texas
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“You have done an enormous damage, and I believe your conduct represents the most egregious abuse of power in the history of the Department of Justice.
“Today is a monumental day for college athletics. The United States Senate voted to protect the hundreds of thousands of student athletes currently competing in college sports, the millions who will follow in their footsteps, and every college sports fan who wants to preserve this great American tradition for generations to come. … From the beginning, our objective was not to squeak by with 60 or 61 votes but to have a big bipartisan vote that demonstrates the importance of stepping in and saving and preserving college sports. President Trump is eager to sign this legislation.
“What Jensen argues is that the threat of China is greater if they have to develop their own chips, and that's not a frivolous argument. … I think we need to have meaningful export controls, but where the line should be is a complicated judgment call.
“Today is a chance for us to stand up and fight for the 0.5 million college athletes who are competing right now. … If the Senate doesn't act, hundreds of thousands of those students will see their roster slots go away and their scholarships go away.
“I would love to mark it up this month, if we can get bipartisan agreement. We're making progress. The negotiations are ongoing. We're not there yet, but I think we're making meaningful progress.
“College sports today are in crisis. … [The Protect College Sports Act is] a bipartisan solution designed to bring order to the chaos.
“How the hell do you laugh while the names of those murdered on 9/11 are being read aloud? Why would you do so?
“I would like to see it structured as a tax refund. … I think we should be incentivizing work; I don't think we should be paying people that are not working, particularly those that are physically able to work but are choosing not to.
“Sharia law has no place in America. Sharia law is fundamentally inconsistent with the Constitution, and we need to stand together and stop it now.
“We are witnessing a new and dangerous red-green alliance. Communists and Islamists coming together. … When people tell you who they are, believe them. … When Abdul El-Sayed says he has a, quote, 'obligation,' to comply with Sharia law, he means it.
“I would give him an A. … I recognize that the day he came in, you guys didn't like him, and you still don't like him. That's okay. That's the beauty of democracy. You can have different views.
“September 11th was 25 years ago, it was a horrific moment for our entire country, and you could doubt whatever you want about Donald Trump, but the man is a New Yorker, he loves New York, and I have every doubt that what he's conveying there is what he experienced.
“Frankly, Kristen, it's not fair to expect some Iranian protester standing there with a rock to stand up against soldiers with machine guns.
“Delcy Rodríguez was Nicolás Maduro's vice president. Maduro was illegitimate. He was a Marxist. He had seized power contrary to the will of the voters, and from the beginning, I have been urging, and I believe the administration is working towards this, that there should be free and fair elections.
“The oil deal as announced sounds like it could have a very positive impact on the United States and the United States economy, on American jobs, and a very positive impact on gas prices over the long term.
“If you look at the initial mission that the Trump administration laid out, which is to degrade and eliminate Iran's military capacity, then I think the answer is unequivocally yes.
“History demonstrates that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is an exceptionally bad idea.
“If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime—still run by Islamists who chant 'death to America'—now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake.
“This is one of the roughest meetings I've seen in my entire time in the Senate. Fiery does not begin to cut it. They were screaming at the acting attorney general. If the administration does not modify the anti-weaponization fund by the time Congress comes back into session, they've got a full-on revolt in the Senate.
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