Chip Roy: “I think the floor should be used. I wish we had actual, real debate. I wish we had something other than Special Orders…”

“I think the floor should be used. I wish we had actual, real debate. I wish we had something other than Special Orders where you come down here and talk to an empty Chamber. I think we should have 10, 20, or 30 of us down here for hours at a time debating serious issues. I think the American people would expect that. That is why I think the Senate ought to actually advance to debate. Don't be afraid of a real filibuster, but I will say as a compliment that the gentleman has done this for now over a decade. I can't remember how long he has been in Congress where he has been down to the floor and he gives those speeches. By the way, the big, beautiful bill last year was nothing like I know what he wanted or I wanted. I wanted to go much further, but what we did get in terms of Medicaid reforms, what we did get in terms of spending reductions, $1.6 trillion in reductions and so forth, again, not what we wanted, would never have happened but for the groundwork being laid by people like my friend from Arizona, the speeches he gives on the floor regularly making the case for how debt, interest, and so forth is killing our country.”