His announcement is a big setback for the Senate and the Republican Conference.

Was degrading Iran’s nuclear capability without expanding the U.S. military footprint in the Middle East a mistake?

That is why some of us need to argue a different point of view.

[Trump’s] got some pretty rabid isolationists over at DoD—you could argue the vice president is in that group.

The strongest deterrence is denying an adversary’s objectives through military means.

We need to not just preach to our allies, we need to do the same.

But they'll get over it.

Failure is not an option.

failure is not an option

There's plenty of nonsense masquerading as American aid that shouldn't receive another bit of taxpayer funding. But the administration's attempt to root it out has been unnecessarily chaotic. In critical corners of the globe, instead of…

I know a lot of us are hearing from people back home about Medicaid. But they’ll get over it.

But they’ll get over it.

tariffs are bad policy

It is peculiar how much time the President’s advisors spend talking about restoring peace through strength...

student loan socialism.

Tariffs make it more expensive to do business in America, driving up costs for producers and consumers across the board.

You’ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.

We have a criminal justice system in this country

the core question in this case is whether the courts can review the internal affairs of Congress, when such affairs are textually committed to each house by the Constitution. They cannot.

The core question in this case is whether the courts can review the internal affairs of Congress, when such affairs are textually committed to each house by the Constitution. They cannot.

[Reconciliation] has to be a supplement to full-year appropriations. It can’t be a substitute.

I expect to support most of what this administration is trying to accomplish.

The military services are worried about what a full-year CR will do to defense. So am I.

Serving as Republican Leader was a rare — and, yes, rather specific — childhood dream.

Regardless of the political storms that may wash over this chamber during the time I have remaining, I assure our colleagues that I will depart with great hope for the endurance of the Senate as an institution.