Madam President, this bill before us is an act of legislative barbarism. This is an act of extortion being leveraged on the U.S. Senate right before Christmas. Make no mistake why this happens. This bill, in all 4,155 pages of its glory or…

Mr. President, I am grateful today to join my colleagues as we continue to sound the alarm about the ongoing serious threat to our democracy. This is a perilous time. I want to thank Senator Klobuchar for her leadership on this issue and…

The Republican governor has repeatedly criticized the Biden administration for not doing enough to secure the border.

Mr. President, this explanation reflects the status of negotiations and disposition of issues reached between the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for the Intelligence…

I'm must say, from very early on, I've been disappointed, in the partisan nature, of the Select Committee, on Capitol Hill. I mean, to have a committee that was literally appointed, in its entirety, by the Democrat Speaker of the House…

It may have been reckless, but I don't think it necessarily is criminal to take bad legal advice.

I want to compliment you on your recruiting.

We do not really think about it, but police, fire, and military, unlike almost any other job in our society, when they sign on the dotted line, they are committing to put their life on the line for us, for other people, and that is an…

You mentioned the number of threats, and I am not sure whether you have the historical data, but my sense is this is going up significantly. Is that accurate?

I believe that January 6th helped us because so many of the people that have come to--that have come on since then have said the reason that they were here is because they wanted to serve here because of January 6th.

Do you think that reimbursement would be far less expensive than having five full-time agents?

The president needs to use every bit of power he has as an executive to find a way or ask for an extension.

We need people that want to come here for the right reason to provide for their family a better quality of life.

I serve in an independent voice, not a political party. What is clearer now than ever is, party politics is paralyzing our ability to unite.

The border is -- we have a crisis at the border. Everyone can see that.

There has to be a legal pathway forward. That's all we've been talking about.

Security is the name of the game, and then you can have...

There's no question in my mind that we are not prepared for a post-Title 42 world and we need to reconcile the fact that the federal government is not committed to comprehensive reform.