I think there's any number of ways this could go down. I think let's say you take Fred Upton's name has been floated. He's a great guy.

They're going to realize that at this point, you're really picking a person over the health of the party and by extension, the health of the country.

I think if you look historically, the politics doesn't allow for it. But we're in a completely unprecedented moment, at least in our memories.

That would be catastrophic if we breached the debt ceiling, but if McCarthy who probably recognizes that at some level makes -- relies on Democratic votes to do it, that undoubtedly would bring in this five vote ability to call his whole…

They know they need to quit Trump, that if they're going to be successful -- this last Midterm prove this -- they need to distance themselves from Trump.

If you were McCarthy and his people, just to be really Machiavellian about it, is this not a good story to have out there right now that boy, if you guys don't get on board here, we may see deal cutting back and we could lose the whole…

I thought it was telling by the way that Trump started pulling away a little. He has gone from 'My Kevin' to 'Maybe Kevin,' which reflects where McCarthy is right now.

If this is not a crime, I don't know what is. If a President can incite an Insurrection, and not be held accountable, then, really, there's no limit to what a President can do or can't do. I think the Justice Department will do the right…

We don't have the resources. It puts enormous strains on our military. And at some point, we leave. And then things blow up again.

You can't defeat ISIS with air strikes alone.

But you also cannot, over the long term or even the medium term, deal with this problem by having the United States serially occupy various countries all around the Middle East.

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I thank my dear friend and colleague from Illinois, Danny Davis, for giving me the opportunity to speak in support of the Joanne Smith Rehabilitation Innovation Center. I also offer a big thank you to Senator Durbin, who was the chief…

I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, as everyone has spoken about how this needs to be, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. 5276 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; further, that the bill be considered read…

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