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The only way you can obviously get this done is to nuke the legislative filibuster, and that is not something that we have anywhere close to the votes to do.

We only got 48 votes; we had that vote last week on all five components.

We’ve had the vote on the full version twice now so the full version is five components.

There’s a bunch of things in here that I think we’re going to have questions about.

I know he said that, but he’s said that about a lot of other things.

In an increasingly dangerous world, a consensus on defense spending is more important than ever.

The NDAA is the hallmark piece of legislation that the Armed Services Committee works on each year, and it’s always an honor to have a role in crafting it at the committee level.

I think at the end of the day the goal here is to make sure that Iran ends its nuclear program and whatever financial incentives they have should be conditioned upon that.

There’s something coming out of the White House on a daily basis that keeps life interesting.

We’re doing things I never thought we’d have to do, but you’ve got to be creative.

Sometimes they’re mad at the president, sometimes they’re mad at the Congress, and I obviously generate a lot of ire in my direction these days.

I’ve indicated to him in most cases — not all — that what he wants done, we just don’t have the votes for, and there’s nothing I can do to change that.

For the most part our members buy into the idea that we are a team. If we’re going to succeed, we’ve got to succeed together, and that means sometimes holding hands and just doing hard things.

Some of the things that have happened the last few weeks have completely thrown a wrench into our ability to execute.

It’s all going to be what can we get to 60 [votes] on over here.

Even though gas prices might be high today, we know they’re going to come down.

If the goal is to keep them from having a nuclear weapon, then we ought to make sure they don’t.

This legislation is an important step toward making housing more accessible and affordable for families across South Dakota and the country.