"This is a once in a generation opportunity to get our fiscal house in better shape."
"The president won an election on November the fifth, and I think he’s entitled to some deference on his choices."
"I'm glad he's still going to be part of the administration."
"His nomination is still pending in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, so we'll be dealing with that soon, I imagine."
"any idea of insider trading is ridiculous"
"Mr. Paxton has a checkered background, he is a con man and a fraud."
"We’re going to end up spending hundreds of millions of dollars, potentially, on this race in Texas."
"We don’t do things without a deadline."
"Crockett's comments are disgraceful."
"Shameful."
"Sounds like a huge screwup. I mean, is there any other way to describe it?"
"Shameful"