Bob Corker

We actually had nothing to do with it. We had four people in a room that bid each other up.

I am happy that in 2018 we are finally going to have an audit. That is good for taxpayers.

There is going to be some of, again, the most God awful taxpayer abuses we have ever seen.

This cap deal is going to raise spending over the next 10 years by a minimum of $2 trillion.

Our relationship with the Department is not what it ought to be.

I cannot imagine, if I am Secretary Pompeo, having someone better than you.

I hope you will help correct that.

I think all of us here are really tired of being leveraged.

I think Secretary Pompeo has an opportunity, if others do not impede him, to be a historic figure.

Senator Bob Corker, he was a no the first time around because of concerns about the deficit. Anderson, this conference report, this compromise, doesn't do anything to address that he had the concerns that he had the first time around, he…

It is in our strategic interest to have a strong commander-in-chief with the ability to take quick and decisive military action.

The path forward must lead to free, fair, and inclusive elections, in which the people of Zimbabwe choose their own leaders.

U.S. engagement with President Mnangagwa's administration must be based on demonstrated behavior, not rhetorical intentions.

The increased unilateralism also extends to the termination or withdrawal from agreements as well.

Those are not independent presidential powers. Those are powers very much part of legislative authority.

Over 90 percent of binding international agreements that the United States has made for decades are made through other processes, what we call executive agreements.

Let me be clear. This is not about any effort to constrain the inherent powers of the President with respect to diplomacy.

Senator Corker has never made a secret of the fact that he has a problem with that.

I wholeheartedly support Jeff's nomination and the other nominees here today and believe their diverse backgrounds give them the necessary qualifications to support TVA's important mission.

The use of nuclear weapons must be subject to political control.

Making the decision to go to war of any sort is a heavy responsibility for our Nation's elected leaders, and the decision to use nuclear weapons is the most consequential of all.

I am confident Stephen understands the needs of farmers and will be an important asset as we work to help rural America prosper and grow.

I want to also thank you for considering the Wilderness Bill this morning. It is something that I think matters greatly to our country.

I hope that soon we are going to be able to do so on a bipartisan basis.

We continue to hear the truly heartbreaking accounts of human suffering.