John Cornyn: “I appreciate the courtesy of my friend and colleague from Washington--excuse me, Oregon, but I will reserve my remarks…”

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.

We didn’t have the authority to sort that out.

I don’t know whether they think they can wait us out or … we’ll cave. But I assure you, we won’t.