Mitt Romney

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.

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

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.

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.

To get something done requires bipartisanship.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

I spent 25 years balancing budgets.

I respectfully disagree vehemently on his contention that America is the largest misinformation entity in the history of the earth.

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.

I cannot begin to understand why you would want to announce the creation of a misinformation board. I think it is a terrible idea.

We will never have the labor that we need and the legal immigration system fixed to get us the visas we desperately need until you secure the border.

This record is devastating to our country.

My State is desperate for more workers. We need more truck drivers. We need more health care workers.

It communicates to the world that we are going to be spreading propaganda within our country.

We have told you time and time again we will put in place the legislation that solve our legal immigration woes once you secure the border.