Lindsey Graham

I debated Bernie Sanders for 25 minutes on the Senate floor about the modern monetary theory.

If we do electrification of the vehicle fleet along the lines that car companies are talking about by 2035, 2040, how much demand in power production will that create in America?

I'm generally supportive, but the problem with this is we talk in circles.

Climate change is real. It's affecting quality life on the planet over time.

We're adding trillions to our national debt, 18 trillion when I got here, now 31 trillion.

How about something maybe we can agree on, that if we don't get China and India and other big emitters to do better it doesn't really matter a whole lot what we do here; do you agree with that, Doug?

We owe it to the American public that we're not going to base it upon doing no budgeting, no appropriating.

How can you say if you don't know there's no need for gas? This is the problem.

Well, apparently the people who are, you know, close to victims in New Hampshire have confidence in you and your judgment.

You can't sue them, there's no agency with the power to change their behavior, and there's no laws on the books that would stop this abusive behavior.

Thank you. Thank you all. It's been a very, very helpful hearing.

Senator Blumenthal and I had a bill that got 25 votes on the Judiciary Committee.

It is imperative that we take an action because this is a health emergency.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One, I want to congratulate you for calling this hearing.

Mr. Chairman, we know what to do. Let's just go do it.

Is there any regulatory agency in America that has the power to change the behavior of these companies in a meaningful way? The answer is no.

Well, my advice for whatever it is worth and not much, is be reluctant to do it.

So we need to keep our guard up, right?

And in your experience in this area, ungoverned spaces is sort of a great deal for terrorist and narcotic organizations, right?

Do you think there is the equivalent of warlords in Mexico?

Elections have consequences. Let's work together and see if we can get some nominations moving in the spirit of what we did in the last Congress.

Well, my advice for whatever it is worth and not much, is be reluctant to do it.

And in your experience in this area, ungoverned spaces is sort of a great deal for terrorist and narcotic organizations, right?

So we need to keep our guard up, right?

Do you think there is the equivalent of warlords in Mexico?