You know what is interesting? I don't remember the ranking member complaining about the deficit 3 years ago when they passed tax cuts for billionaires across our country to the tune of $2 trillion in terms of adding it to the deficit. I…

It's not enough time to get those Afghan allies who helped the U.S. out in time.

I guess the Taliban are the only people who are building back better.

I think we say what we're going to do.

What we need to do is be singularly focused on the mission of getting folks out, we have the ability to do it.

We have to make the commitment to do that. And I don't think we set a calendar deadline.

We have an obligation, a moral one. We have a national security obligation.

I fought them during both my combat tours in Afghanistan as an Army Ranger. They obviously are extremely brutal, immoral group of folks.

We will debate the politics and policy of this for years to come.

That's why these arbitrary deadlines of August 31st, I don't believe in that. I think we should say we will do this until it's done.

I did agree with the Biden administration’s and President Biden’s decision to leave, because, after 20 years, and hundreds of billions of dollars, building a 300,000-strong military in Afghanistan, if that military can’t last 60 days, then…

I have always disagreed with the so-called deal with the Taliban, because you can’t deal with the Taliban. You just can’t. They’re never coming to it with good faith.

We now have an obligation to conduct a broad and expeditious evacuation to get many of those folks out into safety, because they have come to rely on us for that.

the time for inaction is over, and that it’s time for folks to put politics aside and to take decisive action to stop the climate crisis.

we’re going to work to make sure that the reconciliation bill, which as I said, includes incredible investments in the fight against climate change, like a climate conservation corps, get across the finish line and get to the president’s…

the reality, as I said, is that climate change is here today and anyone who lives in the Rocky Mountain West here in my state of Colorado knows that to be true, given the visceral impacts of climate change that we’re experiencing every day.

I recently introduced the RECHARGE Act, S. 2241, with my friend and colleague, Senator Whitehouse, and we are very pleased that this bill, as amended, is included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as Section 40431. Section…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, there will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote…