- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Executive business
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
Mr. President, now Trump's visit to the Capitol. Seeing Trump come to the Capitol today to meet Senate Republicans is like watching the clown car pull up to the circus, made even more so by Trump's canceling of the bill signing, which I will talk more about in a minute.
majority in meltdown. They are one big, hot mess—that is what the Republican Senate is right now. Republicans are wringing each other's necks. They can't govern their own conference of 53 people, let alone a country of hundreds of millions.
Senate Republicans can either keep bending the knee to the President or start demanding answers on behalf of the American people.
The reason that Republicans are such a hot mess is obvious. Trump's views are totally out of touch with the American people's views, and Republicans are afraid to tell him he is wrong.
Speak up. Stand up to Trump. Tell him what you think, Republicans. That might do your party some good. It might even do Trump some good if he would ever listen.
costs. Americans want to know how Trump plans to end his disastrous war with Iran. Americans want to know whether the GOP will continue going along with Trump's all-out assault on voting rights with legislation like the SAVE Act.
to grill Trump on affordability, on his failed war with Iran, on his effort to hold American national security hostage, and all his other policies that are hurting the American people.
the truth? Will they speak truth to power? Will they do their job? Or will they just bend in obedience to him and get more frustrated, more angry, and more ineffective than they have ever been?