YouSaid · the spoken record
Lindsey Graham
We hold 52 passages that may be Lindsey Graham’s. We do not publish them until we can confirm who spoke. See the correction.
On the record 2016–2025
congress · podcast
Every line below is reproduced as it was said and credited to the record it came from, and links to that record wherever it can be linked. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections
“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following staff members: Caitlin Wilson, Lilly Meadows, Scott Graber, Mike Jones, Melissa Kaplan-Pistiner, Josh Smith, and Tyler Evilsizer--sorry about that, Tyler; you know who you are. I didn't mean to butcher your name. I ask that all the staff on the list from Senator Merkley's staff be given all-access floor passes to the Senate floor during consideration of H. Con. Res. 14.”
Senate3 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that for purposes of debate time this evening, that all time be yielded off the resolution.”
Senate3 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 1717.”
Senate3 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, further, I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to each vote during consideration of H. Con. Res. 14.”
Senate3 April 2025Source ↗
“I further ask unanimous consent that the use of calculators--and I know we still have them--be permitted on the floor during consideration of the budget resolution; further, that the staff be permitted to make technical and conforming changes to the resolution, if necessary, consistent with amendments adopted during Senate consideration, including calculating the associated change in the net interest function and incorporating the effect of such adopted amendments on the budgetary aggregates for Federal revenue, the amount by which the Federal revenue should be changed, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, and debt held by the public.”
Senate3 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that for the duration of H. Con. Res. 14, the budget resolution for fiscal year 2025, the majority and the Democratic managers of the resolution, while seated or standing at the managers' desk, to be permitted to deliver floor remarks, retrieve, review, and edit documents, and send email and other data communications from text displayed on wireless personal assistant devices and tablet devices.”
Senate3 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Katherine Nikas, Caitlin Wilson, Lillian Meadows, and Walker Truluck from my staff, and Mike Jones, Melissa Kaplan-Pistiner, Josh Smith, and Tyler Evilsizer from Senator Merkley's staff be granted floor privileges during the consideration of S. Con. Res. 7.”
Senate20 February 2025Source ↗
“This bill will be paid for. I ask for the yeas and nays.”
Senate20 February 2025Source ↗
“I hope we can get one big, beautiful bill in the House, but we need to act on border security and national security now. We are running out of time. Thank you all.”
Senate20 February 2025Source ↗
“We are not going to take half the money and spend it on more social spending. We are going to defend our border. We are going to make the military more lethal, and we are going to help the Coast Guard, and we are going to pay for it--something you would never do. So vote no. Vote on Amendment No. 878”
Senate20 February 2025Source ↗
“If it is 5 o'clock in the morning--I don't care how long it takes--we are going to deliver, and we are going to pay for everything we do. In a little bit, in a small period of time, around 5 o'clock, we are going to start this process. This is a big deal, folks. This is not just business as usual in Washington; this is a different way of doing business. I yield the floor.”
Senate20 February 2025Source ↗