Well, we did have a nice conversation and we`re changing papers back and forth to make sure we understand everything, she understands where we`re coming from. And she`s always -- she`s a friend and she`s always done her due diligence. And…

I never thought they would come to an agreement and use a dual path, and basically recognizing with this administration, working with President Biden's administration and working with Chuck Schumer.

If I had a chance to fix the energy policy of the United States of America, and I didn't do it, shame on me.

I made very -- very, very carefully evaluations that we wouldn't raise any taxes.

I support her completely on that.

This is a $400 billion investment bill. And everything my Republicans talked about, reducing the amount of debt that we have, we're paying down $300 billion, first time in 25 years.

Pat's a good man and good friend of mine. I'm sorry he's not going to be running again and he's leaving the Senate.

I think Susan Collins is my very dear friend, and we work almost on everything together.

I have never changed at all. This is fighting inflation.

Pat Toomey is going to get an amendment. He -- he'll have a vote on that.

This is going to do -- take care of that, because this is aggressively producing more energy to get more supply to get the prices down.

I never told anybody that I wasn't going to do something.

Let's not make them political, John.

I never thought this would come to fruition. I never spoke with anybody about it, any of my colleagues.

These are solutions Americans want.

This is fighting inflation. This is all about the absolute horrible position that people are in now because of the inflation costs.

Well whatever -- whatever the voters, whatever the voters choose. I can't decide what's going to happen in Kansas or California or Texas. I really can't. I've always taken the approach, 'whoever you send me, that's your representative, and…

I think that we all have to come back to what our purpose of being in Washington for and who we're really working for. We're not working for any party. We're not working for any political idealism. We're working for basically, right now, a…