"I am not going to hide the truth. This provision was unknown to me when I voted for that, and when I found out that provision was in the bill, I immediately reached out to my Senate counterparts and told them of my concern."
"I get that you get an applause line when you call me a fascist, but I’m not. I am not a fascist, I’m an American, and I would never call you something like that."
"I would say that is not the majority opinion of most Nebraskans, however. Next question."
"I believe in the rule of law. I’ve taken an oath as an attorney, I’ve taken an oath as a state senator, I’ve taken an oath as a member of Congress, and I support our court system, and I do believe tha..."
"We’ve changed the policy across the country, and these temporary duty assignments are available for forecasters to go to all the other understaffed weather stations."
"They are clearly public safety. And that’s something that we need to do in Congress."
"I get it, there’s a lot of people in this room that don’t support what DOGE is doing."
"I get it, there's a lot of people in this room that don't support what DOGE is doing. But for the first time, we are making some progress identifying places that we can reduce the budget."
"ultimately, where we need to go is to a balanced budget"
"Elon Musk gets $40 billion a year in funding from the federal government. What makes you think he has no conflict of interest?"
"How can you be against a balanced budget?"