Mitt Romney

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Given the fact that you are convinced that the Biden administration will not misuse this AUMF...

When Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell vote for the same bill, you know one thing, one of them hasn’t read it.

There will always be details that have to be worked out but I`m pretty optimistic at this stage, nothing is a 100 percent but it looks pretty good.

So at no level trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see, that does not pose a threat to our national security?

That overspending is contributing to the highest level of inflation we have seen in some 12 years.

I just do not get why you do not address this in a way--well, frankly, President Obama did.

I simply cannot understand any logical reason not to complete it.

Why in the world do we not complete the barrier that has already been contracted for?

That is unrealistic. That is, of course, absurd.

Do you believe that would be a mistake and therefore you want to make sure that we do not reduce spending on enforcement?

Do you think that the budget should be reduced or not, and you responded like a politician. What can I say? I am a politician too.

Is that a mistake, and do you believe that those funds should be restored?

I do not know exactly why the administration does not want to acknowledge the crisis that we are seeing at the border.

I think the vote should be held next Monday, not to not Wednesday, give us the time to resolve the remaining issues.

I understand but I am looking at the data that is coming from Israel, and people who have double vaccinations are still susceptible to the delta variant for serious disease and death.

Why should we not allow people who are elderly or have other compromised conditions to be able to get that booster?

The talk that Senator Burr described with regards to getting a booster, the suggestion from Israel is it makes sense.

Well, the $3.5 trillion number is a shocking figure. I think the infrastructure plan is a separate plan altogether. What impact this will have I can`t tell you at this stage.

I certainly can understand why, not only myself but a lot of my colleagues, who were very concerned about what the president was saying on Friday, but I think the waters have been calmed by what he said on Saturday.

Well, I do think it`s important for each person to speak the truth and to make clear that the big lie is exactly that. This is a bit like WWF, that it`s entertaining, but it`s not real. I think people recognize that it`s a lot of show and…

So, Republicans and Democrats have come together along with the White House, and we`ve agreed on a framework. And we`re going to be heading to the White House tomorrow.

I would hate for us, in our concern about China's interference in the region with the people of Taiwan, to do something or say something as a body or as individuals that would precipitate or give an excuse to China to take action they…

I want to underscore something that others have raised, which is the urgency for getting vaccines to the people of Taiwan.

The more specific we might be in advance... about the economic consequence of China using coercive means to impose its will on Taiwan would, potentially, be helpful in dissuading them from using such means.