"China's objective is not to save the planet from climate change. China's objective is to rule the planet as the sole superpower."
"What is the GAO's current estimate of improper payments?"
"His hesitation over being too escalatory has only prolonged the war and driven up cost in terms of dollars and lives."
"I also want to address this other issue of pollution over people and just remind my colleagues that my kids and, hopefully, my future grandkids breathe the same air that everybody else does."
"So would you agree that this mad dash to eliminate all hydrocarbons, particularly natural gas, first of all, is, from a physics and engineering perspective, impossible but, just from a rational sense,..."
"If America loses its resolve in Ukraine, it sends a clear message that we won't be there to defend Taiwan."
"What people need to understand about this $2-and-a-half to $3 trillion over 10 years that we are having to borrow and pay interest on."
"I'm hopeful the coming counteroffensive will provide a final, stinging defeat for Putin."
"I'm very focused on making sure that every weapon, every round of ammunition that we send to Ukraine, is tracked and that we are accountable for every bit of that."
"Let us just say it is between $250 and $300 billion per year. Just at a static level, we are talking, over a 10-year period, $2-and-a-half to $3 trillion."
"I think there needs to be more resources brought to bear and more disciplined management of Federal programs and activities on spending in normal programs, but on emergencies, which we have had and wi..."
"France has not met the minimum levels of NATO spending and it ranks at the very bottom of countries providing military assistance to Ukraine."
"The Fourth Amendment was mentioned--obviously, the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects."
"These cartels have gained complete control of the Southwest Border and a significant portion of the U.S. drug market."
"We should not be allowing any of this information to be shared with, I think, any foreign entity."
"You were Secretary under Obama when 150 miles of border wall was built. You were Secretary of Department of Homeland Security."
"Under the previous administration, President Trump, it is a fact our borders were much more secure."
"Cartels are taking advantage of our open borders to smuggle humans and drugs into our country at an alarming rate."