The strongest deterrence is denying an adversary’s objectives through military means.

That is why some of us need to argue a different point of view.

I think the speaker needs to review the Constitution.

[Trump’s] got some pretty rabid isolationists over at DoD—you could argue the vice president is in that group.

We need to not just preach to our allies, we need to do the same.

Let this subpoena send a clear message to Biden's inner circle: We will stop at nothing to expose the truth about Joe Biden's decline (and) unauthorized use of the autopen.

Failure is not an option.

But they'll get over it.

failure is not an option

Our NATO allies expect the U.S. to be the sugar daddy and the world’s policeman while they sit back and let us do the heavy lifting.

I talked to the speaker on the floor just now and told him we wouldn’t push [an impeachment resolution] if the cease-fire holds, so it’s really in their court.

I know a lot of us are hearing from people back home about Medicaid. But they’ll get over it.

But they’ll get over it.

There's plenty of nonsense masquerading as American aid that shouldn't receive another bit of taxpayer funding. But the administration's attempt to root it out has been unnecessarily chaotic. In critical corners of the globe, instead of…

I think the big blowback is if we don’t do something to reduce the deficit we’ll be seen as hypocrites.

In some sense, I have the Trump antibodies.

I talked to the speaker [Mike Johnson] on the [House] floor just now and told him we wouldn’t push it if the cease-fire holds, so it’s really in their court.

I try to get along with my colleagues, but I sure want to get along with the president.