"I had a popular commentator four weeks ago that I talked to that told me flat out before they knew any of the contents of the bill, any of the content, nothing was out at that point, that told me flat..."
"The House has already spoken, the Senate needs to be able to speak and then we'll see we can actually align bill."
"We definitely didn't shut him out. He asked him not be included from the earliest day."
"This bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day. There is no amnesty. It increases the number of Border Patrol agents, it increases asylum officers, it increases detention beds so we c..."
"Republicans have talked about this for a long time. I'm just telling them to read the bill and make their own decision on it."
"It would be absolutely absurd for me to agree to 5,000 people a day. This bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day."
"Republicans four months ago would not give funding for Ukraine, for Israel, and for our southern border, because we demanded changes in policy. So we actually locked arms together and said, we are not..."
"It's pretty shocking on this because when you're the secretary of defense, you need to make everyone aware that you're actually going to be coming out of pocket."
"Thank you to all of you for going through the process. It is a lengthy, long process..."
"I do want to be able to ask some questions, though, specifically and to be able to walk through a couple of things."
"There are unique challenges that we have that the Administration, quite frankly, has put us in front of."