Thom Tillis

I will continue working in good faith to put an end [to] this legal and political albatross and prevent any potential misallocation of taxpayer dollars.

The president’s not winning on this issue.

It makes no sense to me. This is not popular.

In this place, nothing's ever as good or as bad as it seems, so we're continuing to negotiate.

This is not Blanche's problem. It's clear to me that Blanche was honest when he answered without hesitation, working with us to end this.

The best thing is, take the win, get Blanche confirmed and get this agreement out of the way.

That's his prerogative.

The best way to do this is to end it by renegotiating the agreement and settling it for good.

The key there is exactly what I’ve said. That this agreement, the 1776 fund, needs to go away, and the language with respect to audits needs to be very tightly tailored.

It gives the Democrats gold to mine between now and the election. This is about as politically tone deaf a posture as I have seen in this administration.

It comes down to one or two bad advisers.

But now I’m convinced that the best way to do this is to end it by renegotiating the agreement and settling it for good.

I had been one who had worked with Blanche to try and get language that we could put through [by unanimous consent] on the floor if we needed to.

I don’t have any confidence in him anymore. I think he’s all over the place.

I have 1,000% confidence in Thune, and anybody in the White House who thinks he's not a good leader isn't qualified for their job.

If we bridge the gap on ethics tonight, tomorrow, then I think we’ve got a shot.

The scale and complexity of these events will require sustained federal support to help communities rebuild damaged infrastructure, restore essential services, and meet long-term recovery needs.

I think if we could have just gotten some of the members to recognize some of their priorities are never going to happen ... we’d get a lot more done.

I commend Todd Blanche for doing what all his predecessors over the last two decades never did: meet with the victims of Jeffery Epstein’s horrific crimes.

If I see a reconciliation bill come from the House with another failed attempt to confuse this election, I will use every device I have available to slow down the wheels of government until people cop a clue and do the math.

It's a waste of time. It's an exercise of futility, and those are the only positive things I can think of to say about it.

If we keep on layering layers of complexity, like another bogus attempt at the SAVE Act, then we're never gonna get it done.

There should not be any reason why, based on what Mr. Blanche said yesterday, if he said that he would do it today, then he can certainly do it over the next two weeks.

I'm trying to get to yes, but this is a very important part of getting to yes.

Mr. Blanche said very quickly yesterday that he would meet with the victims, the Epstein victims, today if it could be arranged.