Well, that's nice of him. I guess. I don't know, what do you say on that? That's a decision that's made by my colleagues.

There's clearly an interest among certain members of our conference for a higher level of military and defense.

I hope this will encourage my colleagues to stop blocking reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Yeah, that’s not going to happen

If he can change the facts and start moving some of those senators from nos to yeses, then we’ll have a different conversation. It’s just the reality.

He was a fierce defender of Ukraine, he was a fierce defender of the unborn.

So, you know, we're gonna do everything we can to move that forward.

I don’t think we’ll be able to get it done, but I would like to at least get Clarity started.

“Maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It’s 50 around here,”

I can’t count 50 right now on a budget resolution.

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The math on that hasn’t changed.

We need Democrats over here.

She or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes, right?

I hope that's not necessary.

It’s a possibility that, if necessary, we could pull that budget resolution passed by the House and use it to fund government.

So instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats.

But we have an opportunity now to chart a new path.

I hope that's not necessary. We've had conversations, productive conversations, on both sides of the aisle on a funding resolution that would carry us past the November election.

That is something that I intend to bring to the floor for a vote before the August break.

She obviously carries on Lindsey's legacy. But I think she's a very accomplished person in her own right.

Again, the question is $60 billion worth the risk of putting something like that on the floor, and all the other harm that could potentially come from that.

I'm from a northern clime.

I certainly hope that Democrats won't now put politics ahead of support for our men and women in uniform.

Our colleagues on the Armed Services Committee have put forward a strong bill — a strong bill for our national security and for the men and women who defend our nation.