We Will Also Never Bring Up The

Literally Minutes Before The Senate Cast Its Vote, The Administration Sought To Add The Words 'in The United States And' After 'appropriate Force' In The Agreed-upon Text. This Last-minute Change Would Have Given The President Broad Authority To Exercise Expansive Powers Not Just Overseas-where We All Understood He Wanted Authority To Act-but Right Here In The United States, Potentially Against American Citizens. I Could See No Justification For Congress To Accede To This Extraordinary Request For Additional Authority. I Refused.

We Will Also Never Bring Up The Permanent Tax Cut The President Is Advocating.

While Endangering One Of The Most Pristine Areas In The World, Drilling In The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Would Do Nothing To Make Our Country More Energy Independent.

Trust Doesn't Come Haphazardly. It Really Has To Be Built Over Time. And That Trust Has To Happen Really At Times When There Isn't A Crisis. That's Why I Think Having Regular Meetings And Conversation When There's No Crisis, When You Can Build Trust And A Friendship And A Relationship That Allows For Better Dialogue And Far More Consequential Deal-making Can Occur When A Crisis Does Come Up.

Make No Mistake, Tax Cheaters Cheat Us All, And The Irs Should Enforce Our Laws To The Letter.