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Distinguished graduate of Columbia College, I am very grateful to be here with Congressman Mike Lawler. It has been 13 years since the Syrian revolution, where pro-democracy demonstrators peacefully gathered to express against the corrupt…

Families in South Carolina have been negatively affected by the failed policies of Biden, with the highest inflation in 40 years destroying jobs. Gratefully, in South Carolina, with the leadership of Republican Governor Henry McMaster, all…

NATO has been a success story for the last 75 years.

We have to face the reality of the fact that, when you get to those ages, you get diminished.

We need to have mental competency tests for anyone over the age of 75.

Hamas is holding them hostage. They always have.

I will never say that any American person is wrong.

This is about preventing war. That's the important reason why we have to support Ukraine.

It's insulting to military members. It's insulting to military families.

Mr. President, this will take a little bit of time. Do you want to speak, sir? OK. So I want to explain sort of where we started and where we are at. Those of us old enough to remember 2001, that was a very bad day for America, and it will…

No. To my House colleagues: You can do better than this. Don't send us back H.R. 2. It is not going anywhere. You couldn't get all Republicans for H.R. 2. We lost one Republican and no Democrats. So this idea we have done enough on the…

No. That is ass-backwards. We don't do it that way. During the Gang of 8 and other attempts, we had a robust amendment process. And let me tell you, I think there are things we can do to make it better.

Are you aware of the fact that people routinely vote not to proceed until they get some kind of understanding of what is coming next? And here is what came next: Not one effort to sit down and talk to the 41 of us: What would you like to…

I will be glad to. I voted no because I didn't see a process in place or willingness by my Democratic colleagues to allow me to express how I think it could be better. See, at the end of the day--you weren't here, but Senator McCain…

Thank you. So let's have an overview of where we are at here. Everything my colleagues on the Democratic side said about helping Ukraine makes perfect sense to me. I think we need to help Ukraine. I thought it was a really bad idea to get…

They want the 5,000-a-day encounter that kicks in an emergency authority to shut down the border. Here is what the border council said: 5,000 encounters a day is a catastrophe; 1,000 encounters a day would be a substantial improvement. It…