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‘Well the first thing we need to do is deal with the humanitarian crisis [at the border]. Here you have the New York Times editorial page and Donald Trump on the same side. We've got a humanitarian crisis… Believe it or not there are headlines that said, “Give Trump the money.” They're talking about this rush of folks coming to the border that we don't have the capacity to take care of. That is the short-term problem that needs to be addressed through a supplemental appropriation.’

‘As long as Democrats continue to drag their feet on this crisis – as long as they keep slow-walking funding that everyone from President Trump to the New York Times sees is necessary – then my colleagues across the aisle will continue to own the consequences. It’s on them. So I hope my Democratic colleagues will allow this legislation to move forward soon. No more poison-pill policy riders. No more political posturing.’

‘In 48 session days from January through April, we were able to confirm just 23 nominees. But in the 20 days immediately following the modest reform, we’d confirmed 45. That’s twice as many nominations in less than half the time. And of course, the number of confirmations has continued to climb in the weeks since then. We needed to get these folks on the job for the sake of the country. The president – any president – should be able to stand up a government.’ The American people deserve to be governed by the government they voted for.’

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