"There’s been a facade out there about the entire program actually paying for itself."
"We can negotiate about a lot of other things, except for spectrum, which has got to come out."
"This is not just a missed opportunity. It undermines our ability to meet national security goals tied to mineral independence and supply chain resilience."
"I think they want to try something different than from the previous administration. But they’ve got to show some success fairly quickly."
"Look, this isn't the way I would do it."
"Look, this isn’t the way I would do it."
"They’ve got to show some success fairly quickly."
"In a lot of cases, where they are carte blanche making significant cuts, how do we go about making sure that that message gets back and it gets corrected as quickly as possible?"
"The facts are Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia is the aggressor. Russia created this problem in the first place."
"He’s prepared this time."
"It's critical that we get a minerals agreement put together and that we work on getting a security agreement with Ukraine."
"Russia is the aggressor, and we have to recognize that."