It typically takes bipartisan work to build enough consensus to get things through our legislative process.

Connectivity is important to our state, including the opportunity for our citizens to see our legislative process at work.

Nothing about this process has been fair, nothing about this process has been bipartisan, and nothing about this process has won the confidence of the American people.

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done.

The American people deserve an honest assessment of the state of our foreign affairs.

One of the things I learned at the Naval Academy and the Marine Corps is we have to make tough decisions.