There are going to be a gazillion more amendments tonight.

first, I want to respond. We can solve this problem and solve the problem of people in trailer parks by limiting the tax cuts to people making $400,000 a year and less. That would cut the cost of this bill by 60 percent. It would also…

Generally, I give deference to the majority leader’s power to bring bills to the Senate floor.

There's some very good changes that have been made in the latest version, but I want to see further changes.

If the bill is not further changed, I would be leaning against the bill.

I want changes to the bill made through the amendment process or I might vote against it in the end.

That procedural motion does not predict my vote on final passage. I will be filing a number of amendments.

I have proclaimed today as Cooper Flagg Day

I totally disagree that the parliamentarian should be fired.

These are not only the right thing to do for humanitarian reasons, but they are incredible instruments of soft power.

I don’t think that solves the entire problem.

Pocket rescissions are illegal, in my judgment, and contradict the will of Congress and the constitutional authority of Congress to appropriate funds.

The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I don’t want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the four horsemen of calumny—fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear.

Sometimes yes and sometimes no.

I will not support a cut in PEPFAR, which is a program that has saved literally millions of lives and has been extremely effective and well-run.

it’s hard to imagine a justification

PEPFAR cuts make no sense to me whatsoever, given the extraordinary record of PEPFAR in saving lives.

it looks like he is being manhandled and physically removed and it’s hard to imagine a justification for that.