the Senate is obviously back from the Thanksgiving recess, and I know we all enjoyed a little bit of time at home with our friends and families, but here we are, back with 18 days until the funding for the Federal Government runs out, and…

I think the president has a mandate to deliver on securing the border, and I look forward to working hand in hand with him to deliver on that promise.

I want a Department of Justice and an FBI that enforces the law regardless of party.

I think the president was explicit with Mexico and Canada. He said he will impose these tariffs unless they secure the border.

I hope a similar dynamic is playing out. And if we can see more hostages come home, that would be cause for enormous celebration.

There has never been a period in our nation's history where the FBI has suffered a greater loss of respect.

I believe every one of these Cabinet nominees is going to be confirmed by the Senate.

I think Kash Patel is a very strong nominee.

I will tell you, representing Texas, we've seen four years of an invasion at our southern border.

This is a promise that I believe President Trump is going to deliver on and deliver quickly.

I think one of the very first bills we're going to take up in the Senate... is my legislation the Justice for Jocelyn Act.

It is tragic. That is not what the FBI is for. That is not what the DOJ is for.

I expect we will once again enter into remain-in-Mexico.

I think either he will resign or President Trump will fire him.

I authored and passed a resolution in the Senate that passed unanimously calling for Mark Swidan's return to America.

I think the entire slate of Cabinet nominees President Trump has put forward is very strong.

I think Merrick Garland will go down in history as the most partisan attorney general our nation has ever seen.

I hope and pray. Listen, there's a combination of two things working.