Sir, because you’re gonna have to have somebody who’s tough enough to do it.

I absolutely love animals. I’ve always had dogs. I still have a dog that goes everywhere with me. And that situation there was hard.

I don’t know how they did that. I don’t know how they sat there and facilitated that.

I think one of the biggest disservices they did to the country was not fulfill the mission of what the department was established for; it literally is to secure the homeland.

Maybe there is something we can do in the middle as a solution.

It’s something that, yeah, some of our members are paying attention to.

We’re going to fix this today, and restore the longtime Senate precedent of expeditious confirmation, and the Senate’s role as first and foremost a legislative body.

a great opportunity for us to make sure that all companies are reassured that when you come to the United States, you’ll know what the rules of the game are.

It’s time to move. Time to quit stalling. Time to vote. Time to fix this place.

If they aren't willing to do that, then we'll proceed with the other plan.

It's in their court.

We've got a crisis, and it's time to take steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate rules what once was understood to be standard practice, and that is the Senate acting expeditiously on presidential nominations to allow a…

There’s a dispute about whether that’s really his signature, so it’s just going to be argued back and forth.

It’s time to take steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate rules what once was understood to be standard practice — and that is the Senate acting expeditiously on presidential nominations to allow a president to get his team…

He’s got to take responsibility for, you know: We confirm these people. We go through a lot of work to get them confirmed. And they’re in office a month?

I will tell you, I mean, the liquids [rule] I am questioning.

The day I walked in the door, I started questioning everything TSA does.

The Secretary has been great about allowing us to ensure that we don’t let our vetting slide.