"It seems to me, between us and China, that this is a new paradigm when it comes to international relations."
"To me, the title speaks for itself as 'essential.' This is the Essential Air Service for our rural areas."
"I was floored to have the Trump administration basically zeroing out this money."
"The problem with that is that not everybody can work longer."
"If we are asking other countries to improve their institutions, to bring more transparency, how do we make that argument when we are not willing to do it ourselves?"
"You go after the press. You try to delegitimize the press and say it is all fake news."
"I think our institutions do need reforms and they do need strengthening and they do need to be adapted for the situations we find ourselves in."
"We simply cannot continue to rack up the debt at the rate we are."
"We should not shy away from having a real debate when we raise the debt limit."
"It is wholly irresponsible to turn this debate into one that threatens the full faith and credit of the United States."
"Doing the right thing is hard and often not politically expedient."