"The end bill will be more like the Senate’s numbers"
"Intentionally putting classified info on an unclassified application is the real crime."
"The White House is in denial that this was not classified or sensitive data. They should just own up to it and preserve credibility."
"I think the most accountable, or the most guilty person is the secretary of defense because he put in all the highly classified information."
"I will guarantee you, 99.99 percent with confidence, Russia and China are monitoring those two phones."
"This can get our troops killed. Secure phones are mandatory for these kinds of communications."
"We've all sent a text to a wrong person, but the bigger problem is they are not using secure phones to discuss war plans."
"There’s an old saying I learned. Measure twice, cut once."
"I get it, there's a lot of people in this room that don't support what DOGE is doing. But for the first time, we are making some progress identifying places that we can reduce the budget."
"ultimately, where we need to go is to a balanced budget"
"How can you be against a balanced budget?"
"Elon Musk gets $40 billion a year in funding from the federal government. What makes you think he has no conflict of interest?"