This treaty was voted down because it was a bad treaty. |
Those words were insensitive, and I shouldn't have said them, ... I regret it and I apologize for it. |
To all those who offered me their friendship, support and prayers, I will be eternally grateful. I will continue to serve the people of Mississippi in the United States Senate, |
Today we celebrate the beginning of a new era of freedom, |
Turns out we were the majority. |
Under the present circumstances, it could be tough to work together, ... especially if the president's congressional allies circle the wagons and try to shut things down. |
Unfortunately, the Senate is becoming a black hole of inactivity, ... Let's stop that. The people want action. |
Unfortunately, the vote that just occurred in the Senate was just a political statement. |
Unfortunately, the White House withdrew that offer as soon as the Senate quit for the day, ... The offer to have the counsels to the president answer more questions is not a substitute for the president answering the questions. In fact, it is because of the questioning of the president's counsels the last few days that we need to ask the president himself some questions. |
Until this point, we didn't feel like the administration was really working with us in a way that we can get our work completed. But we had a good discussion, and I think that we spent a lot of our time on the very important issue of paying down the national debt, |
We are going to get international support, ... It is not just going to be the United States and Great Britain. There will be a lot of other who will be involved. But also we are not going to, the United States is not going to just stand still, stand mute and allow this issue to continue to fester and become a greater and greater threat to all of us. |
We are going to put the people's business ahead of politics, if we have to be here the rest of this week and on into next week, we'll do that, |
We are looking at all the options, ... We're going to keep trying to find some way to add some more fairness to the tax code right up until the last minute. |
We are very committed to a balanced budget. In fact, we want a Constitutional amendment. So when he talks about those things, it's good news to us. We just need to see how that's going to be done, |
We believe our choice is clear, ... The first priority of your representatives in Washington must be to fight for the interests of the American family. |