Political Quotes

“interesting time we have here in the U.S. Senate. When the Democrats took over this body, we were coming out of a pandemic and not even close to being fully out of the pandemic yet. If you think back then, people didn't have shots in their arms, the economy was in tough shape, and Democrats responded in a way that helped turn this economy around and helped put us on firm footing as a leading economic driver in this world. It is interesting as I hear some of my folks on the other side of the aisle talk about things like inflation as it applies to food. I happen to have a couple of bills that will deal with that issue, and hopefully we can take it up in the lameduck. I don't think we are going to have time to take it up before the election. But that will help not only our cow-calf producers but also consumers when it comes to meat prices. I would hope that we get a large number of folks from across the aisle to support us on that. When we talk about the southern border and we talk about national security--and I am going to approach national security in a little different vein here with this CR--I think it is important to note that folks bring up a lot of things wrong, with few solutions. The bottom line is that we need more manpower and we need more technology on the southern border. I have been down there, and I have seen how these folks bring drugs across the line. They don't put it in backpacks--some, but very little.…”