Bill Lee: “OK. There are serious problems with that. Again, we hear words like ``MAGA'' and ``extremists'' coming out. I resent…”

“OK. There are serious problems with that. Again, we hear words like ``MAGA'' and ``extremists'' coming out. I resent both characterizations. I even more resent the notion that because she disagrees with the views of some Members of this body, that it is appropriate, it is acceptable, that it somehow passes for legitimate argument to brand us using slurs that some of my colleagues have chosen for a while. Let's not ignore something else here. This has absolutely nothing to do with the border security provisions--the border security provisions opposition to which my colleague said somehow disqualify me from raising a suggestion that maybe, just maybe, we shouldn't be involved in reconstruction of Ukraine. It has nothing to do with the border security provisions. Moreover, unravel that argument for a minute. Think about what they are saying. Even if it were being raised--which is it is not--as my prior amendments I tried to bring up a few minutes ago dealing with some border security issues--even if they had been, on what planet is a U.S. Senator disqualified from debate simply because of a bill negotiated in secret by people not of their own choosing, on terms that they never approved of, producing a bill, ultimately, that was not to their satisfaction--on what planet does that vitiate the procedural rights of U.S. Senators to offer improvements to a bill? It doesn't. It never has. I hope and I pray it never will.…”