Bill Lee: “more than 3 months ago, the Republican Members of the United States Senate--more than 3 months ago, the Republican…”

“more than 3 months ago, the Republican Members of the United States Senate--more than 3 months ago, the Republican Members of the United States Senate made a commitment--made a commitment to each other and to our voters and to the American people. We agreed not to send one more penny of their hard-earned money overseas to support conflicts in foreign nations until their own homeland--America's own homeland--was secured. Well, through the efforts of a faithless few, we are poised to treat our promise to Americans the same way President Biden has treated his solemn oath to protect our country's borders--expedient, expendable, and now, apparently, expired. We cannot send billions of dollars to Ukraine while America's own borders are bleeding. Heaven help us. The American people should not have to watch us every hour of every day, looking over our shoulder, just to make sure that their own government doesn't stab them in the back. What have they done, after all, to deserve such contempt? Such untrustworthy public servants? What grudge does this body hold against the very people who elected us? On Saturday, I spent many hours trying to make six different amendments to this legislation pending. Most of them, in fact, were germane to this bill. They dealt specifically with them and met the tight legal definition that we use in this body to decide whether it is pertinent to the bill. It has certain procedural benefits and protections if it is germane.…”