I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair, again, directs the clerk to call the roll to ascertain the presence of a quorum. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll, and the following…

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We need to focus on our own issues first.

The American people want sovereignty protected here in America before we spend our funds and resources protecting the sovereignty of another nation.

We need to take a very deliberate focus on America first.

We need to stop that. We need to go back to producing our own energy and take Russia out.

I think that comes back again to the failure of the elite here in Washington, Margaret, to understand how a businessperson negotiates.

I will just say this. I was privileged to have a tremendous career in business, but one of the greatest honors in my life was to represent the United States, the greatest country in the world, in President Trump's administration overseas.

It's going to be advancing the positions that President Trump has articulated that the American people overwhelmingly supported.

I have certainly not voted for any aid.

Oh, I think this is a presidency that has a mandate like we haven't seen, as you mentioned, in 36 years.

But we need to stop this.

I think the environment has totally changed. They've announced they'd like to see peace.

I have been one of the few senators in the United States Senate who has voted and has opposed every cent of this Ukraine aid.