Thom Tillis

I expect that meeting to occur before I’m willing to vote out of this committee and I’m trying to get to ‘yes,’ but this is a very important part of getting to ‘yes,’

I think that's a pretty strong indication that he and the administration are OK with [it]. Does anybody really believe that the nominee for attorney general would answer that question if he didn't think that he had the support of the…

Social Security is on an unsustainable path that will lead to dramatic benefit cuts for retirees and growing skepticism among workers paying into a program on the brink of insolvency.

If we're able to get through the 1776 and get-out-of-audit-free card, then I'm going to support him.

I know there’s frustration over the SAVE America Act passage, but we simply don’t have the votes because we’re not gonna nuke the filibuster, so it’s more a matter of how do we move forward.

I don’t know why you’re holding a bill that’s ready for signature hostage over a bill that will never pass in this Congress. It makes no sense.

A Hot Steaming Pile of DOGE Shit

Seems unequal to me.

What freaking parallel universe did I just wake up in?

I’d like to think a $15 million membrane could withstand a pocket knife.

I never speak ill of members when they want to be professional and they want to engage in a productive way, but when you do some of the bullshit he’s done on social media, that’s why he gets these comments out here.

That would be a big win for us tomorrow.

I think he’s an incompetent sycophant and not the right person to lead DNI and you’re undermining what the confirmed administrator should be doing.

But my guess is based on his past experience, it’s going to be another hot steaming pile of DOGE shit.

If I'm ultimately asked by the administration to judge it on the basis of the 14 points that we know, then it will not be a good assessment.

I mean, he's putting 702 [reauthorization] almost out of reach.

We need Republicans to do well in November, but the stupid stuff is killing our chances!

By the time the confirmation vote occurs, that payout pot for punks needs to be put away.

A lot of members probably underestimate just how much any one member can have a tremendous amount of leverage — if they want to exert it.

Jay Clayton is an OUTSTANDING choice by President Trump to serve as Director of National Intelligence.

I ended up consulting with the members who were in cycle, and a lot of my votes during voterama were instructed by the majority of their preferences.

I’m hearing a $300bn number and that’s concerning to me, so I just need the details.

I’ve said repeatedly Obama made a mistake when he didn’t do the work to have it rise to the level of a treaty, and I believe that we should here.

Minimally, there has to be maximum transparency.

If it’s a secret deal then how can I take it seriously?