Thomas Tillis
Senator for North Carolina · Republican · United States
“As a matter of fact, the senior Senator from Utah's legislature has recently changed their policy, which I think they should have called for years ago, of mass mailing ballots to everybody, right? This should be fairly simple. You are only going from mass mailing ballots to saying: Hey, we have got to request it, right?”
“As a matter of fact, the senior Senator from Utah's legislature has recently changed their policy, which I think they should have called for years ago, of mass mailing ballots to everybody, right? This should be fairly simple. You are only going from mass mailing ballots to saying: Hey, we have got to request it, right?”
“Well, 2 weeks from now happens to be about the first week of August, so that would be August, September, October--3 months after [[Page S4123]] ratification to implement complex voter ID policy that is generally administered at the State level in time for this election. Well, it can't be implemented on day one, right?”
“Well, 2 weeks from now happens to be about the first week of August, so that would be August, September, October--3 months after [[Page S4123]] ratification to implement complex voter ID policy that is generally administered at the State level in time for this election. Well, it can't be implemented on day one, right?”
“So, folks from North Carolina, our State motto is ``Esse quam videri''--``To be, rather than to seem.'' This seems like a legit proposal, but it isn't, and it hasn't been for the last year because you couldn't have gotten it done with 10,000 election entities if we had passed it last July. So let's be honest with the American people.”
“So, folks from North Carolina, our State motto is ``Esse quam videri''--``To be, rather than to seem.'' This seems like a legit proposal, but it isn't, and it hasn't been for the last year because you couldn't have gotten it done with 10,000 election entities if we had passed it last July. So let's be honest with the American people.”
The complete record
Every one of 125 lines we hold for Thomas Tillis, in date order, each linked to its source. Free to read, in full, without an account. Page 3 of 3.
“This subtitle may be cited as the ``Judicial Space and Facilities Management Effectiveness Act of 2026''. SEC. 1096. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN JUDICIAL BRANCH ACCOMMODATIONS AND AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR. (a) In General.--Chapter 41 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 604 the following: ``Sec. 604A. Pilot program for transfer of jurisdiction, custody, and control of certain judicial branch accommodations to the Director; authority of the Director ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the Administrator of General Services.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3846-S3850] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6645. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for [[Page S3847]] military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title X, add the following: Subtitle H--Judicial Space and Facilities Management Effectiveness Act of 2026 SEC. 1095. SHORT TITLE.”
“Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall revise the regulations under section 1068.225 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), to specify that an engine or equipment is exempt under that section without a request described in that section if the engine or equipment-- (1) is for a marine vessel; (2) has a rated horsepower of 60 or less; and (3) will be owned by a Federal, State, or local emergency response or public safety agency responsible for domestic response or homeland security activities. ______”
“Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3846] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6644. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. AMENDMENT TO REGULATIONS EXEMPTING ENGINES/ EQUIPMENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.”
“(a) In General.--Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to Congress a report on United States weapons sales and transfers to NATO, as an organization, and to each member country of NATO during the preceding calendar year. (b) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall include-- (1) the information required by section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2415); and (2) a description of-- (A) any sale authorized pursuant to sections 21 or 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761; 2778); (B) any transfer pursuant to the authority of section 333 of title 10, United States Code; and (C) any transfer pursuant to section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2321j).”
“(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the following: (1) A strategy to maintain integrated cyber and digital technology solutions for NATO capabilities, incorporating cyber, artificial intelligence, and digital systems from United States vendors and vendors of NATO allies. (2) A description of efforts made, during the reporting period, to implement subsection (a). (3) A description of the national security risks posed by disintegrated, non-interoperable cyber, artificial intelligence, and digital technology solutions to the United States and NATO allies. SEC. 1282. REPORT ON UNITED STATES WEAPONS SALES TO NATO.”
“STRATEGY FOR UNITED STATES-NATO INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION. (a) In General.--In designing, procuring, or deploying cyber and digital warfighting capabilities for, and in coordination with, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall seek-- (1) to advance solutions that promote collaboration and interoperability with respect to the cyber and digital systems of the United States and of NATO allies; and (2) to ensure that artificial intelligence-guided systems operated by the United States and NATO allies recognize each other and work together in joint operations.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3845] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6642. Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Duckworth) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title XII, add the following: Subtitle F--Cooperation With NATO Allies SEC. 1281.”
“I ask for the yeas and nays. Vote on Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.”
“I move to proceed to H.J. Res. 75. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to H.J. Res. 75, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to ``Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers''.”
“Mr. President, I understand the Senate has received H.J. Res. 75 from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). The Senator is correct.”
“DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 224 Leg.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Daines Ernst Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Lankford Lee Lummis Marshall McCormick Moody Moran Moreno Mullin Murkowski Paul Ricketts Risch Rounds Schmitt Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Sheehy Sullivan Thune Tillis Tuberville Wicker Young NAYS--46 Alsobrooks Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Cantwell Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan [[Page S2683]] Markey Merkley Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schatz Schiff Schumer Shaheen Slotkin Smith Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Wyden NOT VOTING--2 McConnell Whitehouse The motion was agreed to.”
“The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to H.J. Res. 75, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to ``Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers''. Mr. TILLIS. I ask for the yeas and nays. Vote on Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell). Mr.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S2682-S2683] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RELATING TO ``ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM: ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS, AND REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS''--Motion to Proceed Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I understand the Senate has received H.J. Res. 75 from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). The Senator is correct. Mr. TILLIS. I move to proceed to H.J. Res. 75. The PRESIDING OFFICER.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S2473] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] Waiving Quorum Calls Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to waive the mandatory quorum calls with respect to the Johnson and Cabrera nominations. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the rollcall vote begin now. I believe it was scheduled for 6 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________”
“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.”
“So anybody who tells me this trade stuff is going to be tumultuous for a couple of years does not understand American democracy. Americans give you about 14 months after January when you get sworn in to demonstrate that you are putting the country on the right track. If you do, you get rewarded at the ballot box, and if you don't, you get sent home. So the only thing that I was trying to communicate today is I hope and I believe that there are people in the White House who are protecting the President by looking around corners and implementing policies that are going to benefit the American people. If they did, then this should work out really well. If they didn't, they should be that ``throat.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic whip.”
“So I will hear from my pork farmers and I will hear from soybean farmers and I will hear from cotton farmers and I will hear from people who grow about 80 different commodities at scale. We are one of the No. 1 pork States, and we are one of the No. 1 chicken States. They need certainty. I am willing to have some of this happen, but at some point, we have to settle it down and sooner rather than later. The only other thing I said that, I think, bears repeating is that businesspeople do think in long terms. Most of the business cases I have built for clients were for 5-year, 10-year, 15-year sort of horizons. You don't have that luxury in business. If you get the country on the right track or the wrong track, you suffer the political consequences or the benefit every 2 years.”
“So my request--just to make it clear what I said--of ``one throat to choke'' is just in jest: Whom is it I am either going to put on a pedestal and show up at the ticker-tape parades when all this stuff works out well or whom am I going to hold accountable for not thinking through some of the second- [[Page S2469]] and third-order effects? That is what businesspeople do, and that is what I did for the majority of my career. Presumably, with the very successful businesspeople consulting President Trump, they have thought it through. We need to know that because the American people are wondering. I have got farmers--and the Congress has failed to pass a farm bill for a few years now. So I have got farmers living harvest to harvest, and now we are being told that there may be some nontariff trade barriers shutting down markets.”
“But the point that I was making is that someone in the administration--I assume, when they decided to do broad-based tariffs against dozens and dozens of countries, that they gamed out the second- and third-order effects of that decision. I am assuming that anybody with a modicum of business experience would have understood that the markets are going to react the way they did, and that is OK. Markets go up and down. Markets reacting the way they have over the past few days over the long term is a problem.”
“When somebody makes a business decision for a major enterprise, there is always one person-- it is not the President; it is not the Vice President, as they are in elected positions, and they have to roll out experts. All I was saying there is I support what is going on, right now, with trade. As uncertain as it may seem now, I think the President is right in challenging other nations that have, for decades, abused their relationship with the United States--to press. I think he should. Whether or not I would do it ``alla prima,'' as I described--that is all at once--or whether or not I would pick out the top quartile of the worst offenders, work on them, and then kind of work down the list is subject to debate.”
“Mr. President, this morning, we had a Finance Committee meeting, and Ambassador Greer was there, our U.S. Trade Representative, whom I voted for and have a lot of confidence in. I asked him a line of questions. Then I saw the press getting lazy and not reporting what I said. So I felt like, instead of having to talk a lot to the press, here is what I said: I was a partner at Price Waterhouse for most of my career. I have advised big clients on big projects. What I was asking the Ambassador today was a simple question on policy--or, I should say, on business-- that didn't resonate with the people in journalism who have, apparently, never worked a day in business. We used to have this concept of ``one throat to choke,'' right?”
“I also ask that the order be amended to include the Huckabee nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.”
“President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, at 4:30 p.m., the Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Hoekstra nomination; further, that at 6 p.m., the Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Johnson and Cabrera nominations in the order listed and that if cloture is invoked on the nominations individually, the postcloture time be expired and the Senate vote on the confirmations of the nominations as well as the motion to invoke cloture on the Atkins nomination at a time to be determined by the majority leader, in consultation with the Democratic leader, no earlier than Wednesday, April 9; finally, that if the nominations are confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.”
“Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S2468] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] Order of Procedure Mr. TILLIS. Mr.”