I feel very optimistic, after having been on the phone all weekend talking with my House colleagues, that there's a way forward regarding the border and Ukraine.

I think, if you turn the lethal aid into a loan, do Remain in Mexico, Title 42, that combination not only gets through the House. It picks up votes in the Senate.

I think that the House proposal – it depends on how it's written – makes perfect sense to me.

I see a pathway forward now for Ukraine, Taiwan, and – and Israel. I see a way to secure our border in a more simple fashion.

I want to act now on the border. I want to turn the aid package into a loan. That makes perfect sense to me.

Let's make Russia a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law. Let's make them pay a price for killing Navalny.

If you're Putin, I want you to know we're not going to pull the plug on Ukraine. We're going to come after you.

The price they should pay is to make Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, like Iran, Cuba and North Korea.

this will take a little bit of time. Do you want to speak, sir? OK. So I want to explain sort of where we started and where we are at. Those of us old enough to remember 2001, that was a very bad day for America, and it will stick with me…

I am going to close this thing out. Here is what is going to happen. You may get this bill passed without any border, but it is going nowhere in the House. The House has made it crystal clear: To get money for Ukraine and other foreign…

we heard you loud and clear. Is it my turn? I am not jumping ahead of anybody. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized.

So here is what I am saying. This has been a half-ass effort to deal with border security. To the people in the House--

They want the 5,000-a-day encounter that kicks in an emergency authority to shut down the border. Here is what the border council said: 5,000 encounters a day is a catastrophe; 1,000 encounters a day would be a substantial improvement. It…

No, I am speaking. You will speak later. To the people in the House, we have not really tried hard to secure the border. We took a well-meaning product. People worked really hard. I applaud you and others for coming out with a product that…

No. To my House colleagues: You can do better than this. Don't send us back H.R. 2. It is not going anywhere. You couldn't get all Republicans for H.R. 2. We lost one Republican and no Democrats. So this idea we have done enough on the…

Thank you. So let's have an overview of where we are at here. Everything my colleagues on the Democratic side said about helping Ukraine makes perfect sense to me. I think we need to help Ukraine. I thought it was a really bad idea to get…

Are you aware of the fact that people routinely vote not to proceed until they get some kind of understanding of what is coming next? And here is what came next: Not one effort to sit down and talk to the 41 of us: What would you like to…

No, please. We are going to lose votes over here. You don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting it through the House, because we took the border issue, and we didn't address it the way it should have been. We closed it out. I could…

I will be glad to. I voted no because I didn't see a process in place or willingness by my Democratic colleagues to allow me to express how I think it could be better. See, at the end of the day--you weren't here, but Senator McCain…

I will be glad to. Yes, because I think the fix is in. I think people on our side and your side wanted to do the border thing as quick as they could so we could get to Ukraine. And I don't trust the system here to be able to allow us to…

No. That is ass-backwards. We don't do it that way. During the Gang of 8 and other attempts, we had a robust amendment process. And let me tell you, I think there are things we can do to make it better.

But you have blood on your hands.

The sooner we unite, the better.

I want to speak a few minutes on the business before the Senate here. Apparently, S. Res. 504 will be taken up in about an hour or so. And this resolution basically requires the Secretary of State to submit a report to the Foreign…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from South Carolina. Israel