"Aren't you surprised that there is nothing in the budget to deal with the solvency issue of Social Security?"
"I proposed a bill that would make sure that we didn't reduce benefits for Medicare and Social Security."
"What I would suggest is that you don't even have to choose between the two."
"I can't imagine, I don't know, when you walked in, if you had as Governor, you know, I don't know where your pension plan was, but you tried to make sure it was fully funded."
"If our tax rates are higher, we're in a global economy, what's a company going to do? They're going to go where their taxes are lower."
"the debt has grown faster than GDP and if you look at these proposed budgets, the debt is going to continue to grow faster than GDP."
"The crisis at our border is a direct cause of Biden's dangerous and intentional policies."
"Countless amounts of drugs being smuggled into our country and killing Americans."
"I request that the committee include language authorizing the Army Corps of Engineers to include Federal lands in their coastal resiliency studies."
"It is essential that the port, which is the third largest container port in the country and supports nearly 1.3 million jobs nationally, is able to maintain operations."
"What percentage of the fentanyl coming into this country do you think is coming in because of this de minimis test versus what they are bringing up across the border?"