For personal reasons, I was unable to make votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 36 and YEA on Roll Call No. 37. ____________________

I'd like to see that deregulatory flavor making its way into a lot of the conversations at this conference.

I want to be clear: this administration will block such efforts, full stop.

The frustrating thing is that this shouldn’t be controversial. We’re talking about basic consumer protection here.

If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal.

I would also remind our international friends here today that partnering with such regimes, it never pays off in the long term.

Kash Patel is the right man at the right time for this important job. Kash has dedicated his career to public service. He is smart, he is tough, and he gets results.

I suggest that Trump defy court orders blocking his priorities.

He knows Ohio. He is a born leader. He's been a leader wherever he has been.

Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.

judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.

I want someone who every single day is working to come up with ideas, and this is a guy with ideas.

I wanted someone who would focus on education, someone who would focus on workforce.

Frankly, 77 million people knew he was going to do this, and they voted for him on Election Day because of this.

We’re going to have to get pretty wild, and pretty far out there.

If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal.

No one wants to defend the waste, fraud and abuse, so they attack the guy who’s exposing all the waste, fraud and ridiculous things we’re spending money on.

When the courts stop you, stand before the country, like Andrew Jackson did, and say, 'The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.'