The White House’s response to Iran’s latest troublemaking has been to consider lifting sanctions and offering new concessions to produce a new nuclear deal. Iran just tried to kidnap an American. This is not the occasion to desperately reward bad behavior.

Today the Senate will pass a bipartisan bill to strengthen the Crime Victims’ Fund that helps survivors. With violent crime surging, I wish that pro-police, pro-safety policies were an equally bipartisan local, state, and federal priority. Public safety should not be partisan.

Middle-class families are already facing runaway costs. The last thing they need is another massive, reckless taxing and spending spree. It’s simple. We need to stop paying people more to stay at home than to work and encourage everyone to get vaccinated.

President Biden campaigned on a pledge not to raise income taxes on the vast majority of Americans. But Democrats’ reckless tax and spending spree would bring crushing new burdens down on homeowners and small businesses, like the many family farms with deep roots in Kentucky.

Democrats are playing Russian roulette with taxpayer dollars. Their latest reckless tax and spending spree is threatening the stability of our economy, while their last one continues to dampen our recovery.

COVID-19 cases are on the rise. Last month @CustomsBorder  had 190,000 border encounters (most in 20+ yrs). But Democrats are talking about switching off extra border protections for the health emergency and stuffing amnesty into their reckless tax-and-spend spree later this year.

The Senate is grieving this morning. Our prayers are with the family of our dear friend and former colleague Senator Mike Enzi at this tragic time which has come entirely too soon.