We are going to be codifying a lot of these changes.

I have the smallest margin in history.

Remember that I have the smallest margin in history, about a two-vote margin currently, so I’ve got to make sure everyone agrees before we bring the product forward.

We might push it a little bit further, because the details really matter.

I wish the courts would allow the executive and the legislative branches to work, but we'll see how all that develops.

President Trump is positioning America to be safe and successful again.

I think we'll be able to make some announcements, probably by tomorrow, and we're excited about that.

I mean, Leader Jeffries and others seem to be trying to set up some sort of government shutdown, which I think is very unfortunate.

I think he’s doing a very important service for the people in that he is digging into the details of how taxpayer dollars are being spent.

We’ve got a few more people we’ve got to talk with and a couple of boxes to check, but we are almost there. I’m very encouraged by this.

The expectation is that we'll be marking up a budget early next week.

we’ll restore fiscal sanity to our budgets and dismantle the regulatory state.

We believe in redemption. We believe in second chances. We're not looking backwards. We're looking forward.

The president has the pardon and commutation authority. It's his decision, and I think what was made clear all along is that peaceful protests and people who engage in that should never be punished.

They’re not conservatives. They're celebrities.

On Jan. 20, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th president, Donald Trump.

I unambiguously condemn in the strongest possible terms any and all forms of violent protest. Any individual who committed violence today should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

It is beyond time to remember that while we may disagree, we are all Americans, and there is far more that unites us than divides us.

GOP lawmakers are also aiming to make meaningful spending reforms to eliminate trillions in waste, fraud, and abuse, and end the weaponization of government.

the wide-open border

the strongest border security act ever passed by Congress.

We are excited about this outcome tonight. We're grateful that everyone stood together to do the right thing and having gotten this done now as the last order of business for the year, we are set up for a big and important new start in…

This is a brainstorming session.

They're spending money in our view, recklessly and so, yes, we've had a lot of discussions over the last couple of days about what our authority would be to claw some of that back and to stop it.

There's got to be a graceful way for us to navigate these issues.