John Cornyn: “I worry that what we are doing is not turning the direction of the escalating violence around, and there is more that we…”

Liberating is how he described his negotiating power.

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.

I think I am prepared to vote no, but I do think I owe it to my constituents and to Mr. Blanche to try to negotiate in good faith.

It would be a monumental mistake for Blanche to attempt to resurrect the $1.8 billion program in another form.