I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll, and the following Senators entered the Chamber and answered to their names: [Quorum No. 2] Cantwell Carper Coons Cornyn Gardner Graham Harris Hassan Heinrich Heitkamp King Lankford Manchin McConnell Murkowski Rounds Schatz Scott Smith Tester Warner Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott). A quorum is not now present. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the presence of all absent Senators, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll.
John Cornyn: “I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to…”
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Well, there’s nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund and he wishes it still exists.
I think that’s a real danger. And I think in any election, it’s not enough to disparage your opponent. You got to talk about the positive things that you’re doing for people.
There’s nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund and he wishes it still exists, but the fact of the matter [is] it’s dead, and that’s all we could do under these circumstances.





