Mitt Romney

When President Trump sent the disparaging tweet at 2:24 p.m. regarding Vice President Pence, was he aware that vice president had been removed from the Senate by the Secret Service for his safety?

We have seen the retreat of freedom in numerous countries around the world.

may I respond? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah, without objection.

I actually believe that we make better legislation if we have two parties work together on something. In this case, we have crafted a piece of legislation that our party hasn't had any involvement in whatsoever. We tried. We went to the…

I ask unanimous consent for 4 minutes of debate equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I call up my amendment 1364 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Romney] proposes an…

First of all, those States that I described didn't lay people off. They didn't lay off firefighters. They didn't lay off teachers. They have held their teachers. They have held their firefighters. My State has actually paid bonuses to…

I believe I have 10 more seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator does not have 10 more seconds. Vote on Amendment No. 1364

I can assure you, as a former Governor, if the Federal Government is going to be handing out billions of dollars, I am going to have my hand out to get as much as I can.

The States that feel pain, got to help them. The States that do not feel pain, we should not be sending them billions of dollars that we are borrowing for our kids to have to pay back.

We have to be really careful of what we send out.

I am concerned, in the COVID relief plan, that the President--by the way, I fully support helping people that need help, helping States and businesses that need help.

I am concerned that the amount of debt we are adding to the country, even during good times, puts us in peril down the road.

I see that as a problem. Do you feel that is a problem as well?

That does not make sense to me. Does this make sense to you?

I get a text message every morning that tells me what the debt is today, and actually yesterday it went over $28 trillion in national debt.

We seem like we have a national emergency we ought to be concerned about, which is the amount of our national debt yielding interest costs.

once again, I have listened to the arguments of the respective counsel, studied briefs, and weighed evidence in an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. This is not a responsibility I sought or expected. I certainly did not…

Well, President Trump continue to play a role in my party? I`m sure he will. He has by far the largest voice. I don`t know if he`ll run in 2024 or not. But if he does, I`m pretty sure he will win the nomination.

has by far the largest voice and a big impact on my party.

Now the impeachment trial is behind us. It falls to each of us to affirm what we all know. President Biden won the election through the legitimate vote of the American people. The division in America will only begin to heal in the light of…

the vast majority of the party is trying to figure out, how do we have a national message going forward that`s not just, we`re white nationalist terrorists and you should like us?

When President Trump sent the disparaging tweet at 2:24 p.m., regarding Vice President Pence, was he aware that the vice president had been removed from the Senate by the Secret Service for his safety?

I send a question to the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Utah, Mr. Romney, on behalf of himself and Senator Collins, submits a question. The clerk will read the question. Oh, I apologize. The question is for both sides…

When President Trump sent a disparaging tweet at 2:24pm, regarding Vice President Pence, was he aware that Vice President had been removed from the Senate by the Secret Service for his safety.