Bill Cassidy

I think this would amount to a treaty. Congress has a…

I raised my hand. I said: 'Mr. President, do you just want – is that a rhetorical question that you're asking, why do we vote for it, or are you really interested?'

The president was berating the four people that voted for the War Powers Act. Frankly, I'm not there to be berated.

Leaders should be held to a higher standard, not a different standard.

If I were president, I'd be focused on what that family around the kitchen table is looking at as they go through their bills.

I think you see every, every, every period, those senators that step up and say we need something different, we need more.

When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn't turn out the way you want it to. But you don't pout, you don't whine. You don't claim the election was stolen… You don't manufacture some excuse.

In one sense, I actually accomplished the mission of what I needed to do.

I guess my point is, though, that the American people need to know more than we’re being told.

But I again matched his tone and volume.

I told Trump that I would continue voting in favor of war powers resolutions until the White House briefed Congress on the war.

But point being, I needed to know. I need to know to serve my people and my state and my country.

If you're not telling me answers, I'm going to push for those answers.

Now we have to trust but verify, but as they laid it out, they have a plausible plan by which to achieve those, and that's what I was interested in.

Steve, I would consider changing my vote, but I've been voting yes because I've not been briefed.

I make no apologies for standing up to the president.

An American business’s tax dollars should not go to a foreign competitor that is trying to undercut the business paying the taxes. If we apply this principle, it will protect the Louisiana shrimping industry, the jobs, and their families.

You know, whatever, you know, comes to mind as to demean another person. Of course, I lost the election. Way to observe that!

I am sticking up for the American people, even if I’m speaking to the president.

The American people need to know more than we are being told.

This was supposed to last four weeks, it's lasted four months. Our original objectives have not been achieved.

You have not told the American people what's going on.

I am voting for war powers until I get a briefing.

I stood and said, ‘You have not told the American people what’s going on.’

I want to thank Vice President Vance and Special Envoy Witkoff for the thorough briefing this afternoon on Iran. I appreciate the quick invitation to the White House to address many of my concerns.