Putting a gag order on a CDC director and directing her not to speak to those who have confirmed her and to whom she is responsible for oversight is a very serious matter.

You got over the qualifications bar easily, but my worries about the direction of HHS made me question you very significantly on your backbone, a trait that is not in long supply in this town. And then when I voted against your…

Again, no concern about your qualifications. I had concern about your backbone, and I was wrong, and I apologize to you for being wrong.

I don’t know how they did that. I don’t know how they sat there and facilitated that.

That story about this hunting dog had been used against me in political campaigns.

Sir, because you’re gonna have to have somebody who’s tough enough to do it.

Republicans can “vote with your constituents or vote with President Trump,”

now it’s real,” when the tariffs hadn’t been implemented yet last spring.

It’s not theoretical,” he said.

I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty in the state of Utah.

To whoever did this, we will find you. We will try you, and we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law.

I’m glad that some of my Republican colleagues recognize the need to get something done to avoid the largest health insurance premium price increases in 15 years.

Violence transcends party lines — and the way to address it and have true peaceful debate is for leaders to speak and act with moral clarity. That needs to start with the President.

Using the rhetoric of rage and calling some of our fellow Americans ‘scum’ — no matter how profound our differences — only creates more division and makes it harder to heal.

I hear all the time that words are violence. Words are not violence. Violence is violence.

Tonight I am endorsing Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

No one party is immune from political violence.

I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election.