The Senate has a plan to address the public safety crisis created by a shortage of correctional officers in our state prisons. We have the money to fund the plan and we are going to act,

There are very few times you can go to the Senate floor and save lives, ... We have it within our power to spare the loss of a child. It is something we ought to do.

I'm really results-oriented. To get results in the Senate, the best way is to reach out to members, regardless if they're Democrat or Republican. I'm a pragmatic Ohioan.

[Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, who faces a tough re-election bid, said he is pleased to see the Senate engaging the White House on war policy and predicted the trend would grow more pronounced.] This is the way it should be, ... We should be involved.

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In the bill that was introduced in the Senate, in the bill that I introduced along with some members, we preserve the tactical intelligence part of the equation, ... And so, I hope we can change their minds.