Mitt Romney

We are their neighbor. We are their partner. That is our commitment.

America is standing with them is about their sovereignty, about their territorial integrity, and about their ability to make decisions for themselves.

There is a global competition between nations that are interested in freedom and democracy and those that want to become authoritarian regimes.

Expanding concrete economic engagement in the region is what our partners most want to see, and it's crucial for the U.S. economy as well.

We have a vested interest in ensuring that your democracy is strong and resilient.

We must link arms with our friends and allies to confront China, to push the Chinese Communist Party to abandon its predatory policies.

I would strongly encourage FEMA and these other Federal agencies to meet as soon as possible and to bring in individuals from outside government who may have expertise.

I think it is really important for us to recognize that the frequency and the severity of wildfires is becoming dramatically more severe and significant.

But we should have been--we are part of Congress. When you are asking us for $10 billion, we should be apprised of what those tradeoffs are and have that discussion and help make that decision together.

The Administration has recklessly and unilaterally spent taxpayers' money. We have runaway inflation.

We are now at a point, because Congress has not given us additional funding, that we have had to do these things that are unacceptable.

I hope that there is an appreciation that for the Administration to say they could not purchase these things and then after several months divert some funds and then purchase them is unacceptable.

I am one of those that doesn't understand why golden parachutes are provided by boards ever.

We can do that. We will do that. And I tell you, the disingenuous attack on Republicans is something which--by the way, just as Senator Graham said, your approach is making it harder for us to find a solution to save Social Security, and…

The Social Security Trust Fund goes away by 2034, at which point benefits are cut automatically.

His bill has no chance whatsoever of receiving a single Republican vote in either house.

We do not just meet in hearings like this. We have meetings, private meetings, all the time.

We do not need more think tanks. We need 'do tanks.' How do you get something done?

To get something done requires bipartisanship.

If we do not come up with a bipartisan solution we will not save it.

The Social Security Trust Fund runs out of money in 2034. That is a problem.

Senator Romney recently tried to get an up-or-down vote in the dead of night on his so-called TRUST Act.

Any proposal that is brought forward that is only supported by one party is a messaging bill.

I spent 25 years balancing budgets.

If I had an executive that was working with me, that I was responsible for, that had a record like that I would ask them to leave office.