Mitt Romney

Obviously very troubling to see the great violence that our Capitol Police and others were subjected to. It tears at your heart and brings tears to your eyes. That was overwhelmingly distressing and emotional.

we had a vote a moment ago to have 10- minute votes. So far the vote are closer to 30 minutes than 10 minutes. I ask unanimous consent that the clerk time the votes to 10 minutes; that we not go beyond 10 minutes; that at the end of 10…

the most predictable fiscal crisis our Nation faces is the looming insolvency of our Federal trust funds. That is why a group of 12 Senators put together an act to enable Congress to get ahead of this problem before it becomes insoluble…

Would the gentleman agree, then, that we take as much time as it takes to read the names, and if it requires the Vice President to come here, we give her sufficient time to get here, but, otherwise, 10 minutes?

The key is making sure we hire the best teachers. Starting wages for teachers I think is at--or salaries for teachers, absolutely critical.

I want to associate myself with a number of the things that were said by Senator Paul.

I don't presume that it is your plan or their plan to fire these teachers after COVID is over. Is that right?

I would strongly encourage you to look at the $170 billion the Administration is proposing to add to K through 12 for COVID relief and suggest that we put in place things that will really make a difference, like giving all of our kids…

I would also like to associate myself with the comments that have been made with regards to technical education that Senator Kaine indicated, and Senator Hassan.

But, I have not seen any unbiased studies, other than from the teachers' union, that suggest that smaller classroom size correlates in any way to student performance.

We are involved in the world because it is good for America.

I, like Senator Menendez, was not supportive of the JCPOA and wrote a column suggesting that it was a mistake to enter into.

I think their ambition is to become the geopolitical leader of the world as well as the economic leader of the world, the military leader of the world and, ultimately, to impose their authoritarian views in such a way that would put in…

The Maximum Pressure campaign may have put chips on the table, but it has not stopped.

I hope you are never tempted to give in in your strategy with regards to China in order to obtain a climate advantage that Secretary Kerry might be promoting.

I do not understand how reentering the JCPOA in any way dissuades Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon.

As a matter of fact, my read of that agreement is that it would delay Iran from being able to develop a nuclear weapon but that, ultimately, they would be permitted to develop a nuclear weapon.

The purpose of our strategy with regards to Iran's nuclear program is twofold.

No congressional audit is ever going to convince these voters, particularly when the President will continue to say that the election was stolen. The best way we could show respect for the voters who were upset is by telling them the…

We are going to have to hold our breath until Trump is gone.

Today was heartbreaking, and I was shaken to the core as I thought about the people I have met in China and Russia and Afghanistan and Iraq and other places who yearn for freedom and who look to this building and these shores as a place of…

Fairly or not, they'll be remembered for their role in this shameful episode in American history. That will be their legacy, no Congressional audit is ever going to convince these voters, particularly when the president will continue to…

Remember that old -- that old Ronald Reagan line?

The president has a blind spot when it comes to Russia. He doesn't want to recognize Russia as the problem they are and the extraordinarily bad actor they are on the world stage, because it reflects poorly on him, at least perhaps in his…

And national security is extraordinarily vulnerable. And in this -- in this setting, not to have the White House aggressively speaking out and protesting and taking punitive action is really pretty quite extraordinary.