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Regardless of our views on the Fiscal Responsibility Act and accompanying implementation agreement, it is incumbent on all of us to follow the law as written—not as we would like it to be.
This wasn’t just a casual mistake. This wasn’t a bunch of teenagers deciding what they were going to do on the weekend.
So the attack sequencing and timing and weapons and targets you don’t consider to have been classified?
I support that language. I have no idea why the House left it out.
Although the bill was not perfect, a shutdown would introduce even more chaos and uncertainty at a time when our country can ill-afford it.
I did not express concerns to the White House. I had some reservations, but I certainly had not reached a final judgment.
Every single one of these reports that we have had has mentioned global climate change as a significant national security threat except this one.
We’re going to follow the law, sir. We’ll see you in court.
That's one of the things we have to consider. We're dealing with people, many of whom, I suspect, think a shutdown would be a good thing," King said, "and they could prolong it and use it to expand the president's power even beyond what…
That's one of the things we have to consider. We're dealing with people, many of whom, I suspect, think a shutdown would be a good thing.
The reckless cuts being made at the VA are dangerous to our men and women who served.
The decision on whether to abolish the department is one that only Congress can make. The president does not have the authority to completely abolish the department.
There are synergies that occur having them all in one department. There may be a case for spinning off some programs, there may be a case for downsizing the department, but those are decisions that the new secretary should make.
The deterioration of the discussion among President Trump, Vice President Vance, and President Zelenskyy was very unfortunate given how high the stakes are.