U.S. Senate

In light of our concerns, and consistent with past practice, we request that ODNI, CISA, FBI, and NSA provide regular briefings to congressional staff starting immediately and continuing through the November 2026 midterm elections.

Although we are less than 6 months from the election and less than three months from the start of early voting in several states, ODNI’s election security efforts for this election cycle are clearly still in their infancy.

I think historically it's been fairly intuitive for a lot of members, the investments in hard infrastructure and plumbing effectively in the basin, but talk a little bit about the importance and role of the forest, watersheds, flood plains…

No it's not…this budget has a 35% proposed reduction for the Office of Civil Rights.

I knew it was going to be a humiliating agreement. I didn't know it was going to be this humiliating. I want the war to end. I'm willing to stomach a bad deal, but this agreement exposes what a colossal mistake it was.

It’s proof that there is still broad, bipartisan support for America showing up in the world, helping people and working with our allies and partners on shared challenges, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it…

Now, Iran gets to build brand-new infrastructure under this deal.

Let’s try a diplomatic solution. I think it’s going to fail. What happens next?

Our system is an epic fail.

We can afford to ignore the billionaire tears. We can raise taxes on the wealthy, and we can invest that money in lowering costs for everyday families.

I suspect everyone in this room has heard about frustrations from their constituents in trying to watch their favorite professional sports teams play. They are met with blackouts and paywalls.

Then the fans get hurt because all the content is behind a paywall.

If the alternative is do nothing and allow chaos to continue in college sports to be destroyed, I think that alternative is unacceptable.

They're trying to turn college sports into the same situation we got in with Obamacare.

I’ve seen decade after decade, how the NCAA has screwed athletes. And so we need to make sure there's firm athletic protections and not trust the NCAA to do it.

I'm worried that we'll never see a Josh Allen again at the University of Wyoming.

We have put something on the table that's going to bring more certainty and predictability to the system.

There's a sense of urgency in that room you can feel it, right? You've got to do something rapidly.

College sports is in crisis.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

We're going to try to get Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords, end the Arab-Israeli conflict in 2026.

So, to all the people listening, if this diplomatic effort fails, President Trump is going to take the Strait of Hormuz. We're going to run it.