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Every single drop of water and every single snowflake is welcome, but it cannot be an excuse to kick that can down the road, to not make difficult decisions that have to be made.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I believe very strongly these water issues are best decided at the state level, the Western senators can play an important role in trying to backstop the consensus the states can come to. This is a real crisis for the American west and potentially for our future.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The American people deserve timely answers about the objects that were shot down over Lake Huron, Alaska, and Canada this weekend, we need to understand the nature of the threat to our national security. As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I expect to be briefed on these incidents early this week.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
We need to secure the border, number one. We’ve got to get this under control. But at the same time, we've got to make it more predictable for people to get their citizenship and come here. And that's going to take sitting down with both parties and discussing how do we do that in a humanitarian way where we address both issues at the same time.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Joe, you know that your assertion that I've only passed one bill in the time I've been in the Senate — you've said it over and over again, it's been fact-checked as false over and over again, you're running a TV ad saying it over and over again.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I don't think he should have done it the way he did it, and I said that before, and I said it after. You know, I think that they did make it more targeted than they were originally, but it wasn't nearly what I thought they should do, which was do it for the people that need it the most, the poorest people in our country that have that debt and not go above median family income.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Tell me what that means to you, it just goes to your effectiveness. You're ineffective.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is a guy who literally posted on Facebook a picture of him and his wife riding their horses to buy sushi in his fancy neighborhood.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
While immediate relief to families is important, one-time debt cancellation does not solve the underlying problem, so I'm pleased to see reforms to income-driven repayment plans and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If we end up drying out Lake Powell and Lake Mead and get to the situation where Lake Powell's unrecoverable, I can't imagine what the cost of Lake Powell will be, i'm glad we have a down payment that will buy us some time.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think it's a reason why we should be making permanent the child tax credit because it would really help people that are struggling with inflation right now.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
People are really, really grumpy. I'm grumpy too. I'm not grumpy about White House not being involved on the political side of things. I'm grumpy because we haven't been able to pass legislation that I think would be good for the country, and that we should be able to tell people about so that we can hold off a beginning of a return to Donald Trump, donald Trump'd be a lot better off and we would be having Donald Trump spend Donald Trump time out in the country talking to people than stuck in Washington talking to people about legislating.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Joe Biden, Michael Bennet, and the one-party Democratic rule threaten that American dream.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I hope it never comes to that, but we need to make sure that we’ve got a strategy and approach to neutralize these threats as they arise.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The journalism of Times Opinion has never mattered more than in this time of crisis at home and around the world, and Ive been honored to be part of it, im so proud of the work my colleagues and I have done to focus attention on injustice and threats to freedom and to enrich debate about the right path forward by bringing new voices and ideas to Times readers.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I'm glad to have the time to go up there. I think it's good we have the time to do it. I think everybody that is running and has spent the week here took their constitutional responsibilities seriously, which we all needed to do.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I mean Donald Trump has believed from New Day Donald Trump walked into White House that Donald Trump's above the law. And nobody is above the law, so Donald Trump's going to slow Joe Biden or his son down. Donald Trump's going to delay Joe Biden or his son, but in the end, Donald Trump won't stop Joe Biden or his son from doing the people's business here.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
President Trump's selfish decision to raid military construction funding is a new low in his ridiculous pursuit of a campaign promise. These projects, including the Space Control Facility at Peterson Air Force Base, were identified by the Department of Defense and the Trump Administration as critical to our military readiness. Taking money from operational priorities to pay for a wasteful and ineffective wall is grossly irresponsible and undermines our national security.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The number one issue I hear about in living rooms and town halls is health care, rural communities face greater challenges as it is, where clinics are closing, the number of providers is decreasing, and there are higher rates of chronic disease.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Where I disagree is on his solution of Medicare-for-All, bernie Sanders mentioned the taxes we would have to pay... Vermont rejected Medicare-for-All.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I feel awfully lucky that I had health insurance. It did cost $ 92,000, and if my family hadn't been insured, it would have been a disaster for us -- and it would have been a real disaster for most American families, i think about not only that, but what it would mean if you were an American citizen and you didn't have a primary care doctor who could give you a screening that let you know I had cancer.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think if we do that, we can not only beat Donald Trump -- we can fix our broken politics in Washington, and we can leave our kids in this country an honorable future that we can be proud of.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I believe President Donald Trump in 2020 has probably committed impeachable offenses, and I think Bob Mueller should come to Congress and testify.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
That's what Opposing Trump impeachmentBennet wants, to be able to say Opposing Trump impeachmentBennet was railroaded.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think if we have to build a big coalition of Americans -- Democrats, Republicans and independents -- to overcome the broken politics of Washington, DC. It will never fix itself. It will only become more bitter and more partisan if we as a country don't come together and say, we demand something better, i think if we do that, we can not only beat Donald Trump -- we can fix our broken politics in Washington, and we can leave our kids in this country an honorable future that we can be proud of.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The most important thing we've got to figure out how to do is to build a broad constituency in America to take on climate change.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We need to scale the efforts of our farmers and ranchers to make them part of the solution.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This obviously was unexpected, but we caught it early. It's something that I think we're going to be able to treat, and I don't think it should keep me off the trail.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
What Colorado families want is maximal choice for themselves and their families, they want to have a robust, strong public option because not all of them want to be subject to private insurance.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I feel as good this week as I did last week and the week before that, and there's no way I would know I had prostate cancer if I hadn't had the screening.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I'm not sure it's about something missing. I think it just happens to be a moment in history when we're going to have a billion people on our side and I think that's good, i think it was a tragedy for us to lose to President Donald Trump.Bennet -- unconscionable that we lost to President Donald Trump.Bennet. We've got to find a way back from there, not just to win, but to govern the country as well.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This should be obvious to everyone, but geographically, I'm just one state away from here.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
And now we're here with the government shut down over his broken promise while the Chinese are landing spacecraft on the dark side of the moon. That's what they're doing.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This idea that he was going to build a medieval wall across the southern border of Texas, take it from the farmers and ranchers that were there, and have the Mexicans pay for it isn't true. That's why we're here.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
How ludicrous it is that this government is shut down over a promise that the President of the United States couldn't keep ?
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I also think that it's ridiculous that we're even having this conversation because they haven't spent the money that's been appropriated for the wall. There was $ 1.6 billion that hasn't yet been spent building any of the wall.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
These crocodile tears that the senator from Texas is crying for first responders are too hard for me to take.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
For people in my state, outdoor recreation is not just an avocation -- it's a vocation. And that likely rings true for the Olympic athletes here today, our economy is going to depend on us getting it right on climate, and I am incredibly optimistic that we will do the right thing, whether we have to drag Washington there or not.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This is also a reminder that there are many more families like theirs across the country experiencing similar fear and uncertainty.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
If we go down this road, we will undermine the minority's ability to check this administration and all of those who follow.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I will oppose efforts to filibuster the nomination, and strongly encourage my colleagues not to use the nuclear option.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
It is customary for senators to introduce nominees from their home states, i'm not here today to take a position or persuade any of our colleagues how to vote. I am keeping an open mind about this nomination and expect this week's hearing will shed light on Judge Gorsuch's judicial approach and views of the law.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
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