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Joined December 2013

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Jul 17
On China graduating more engineers than the U.S.: “Legal immigration has been sort of the secret sauce for America… I’m all for border security and enforcement of existing laws, but we have to build on that to reform our immigration laws to attract the best and brightest people
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Jul 17
“Congress has become famous for dysfunction… I remember when I was a kid, Art Buchwald wrote a column saying it would take Congress three years to cook Three-Minute Rice, and he wasn't that far off,” U.S. Senator for Louisiana @SenBillCassidy said at the 2026 #AspenSecurity
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Jul 17
“We need to make significant strides to address our nation's indebtedness…Taking care of our fiscal house is important for that reason — to show that Congress can actually work together and pass the budget,” U.S. Senator for Louisiana @SenBillCassidy said at the 2026
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Jul 17
On the need for permitting reform: “President Trump’s got the idea right: we need to build more things here… but we can’t do that if we can’t get the permitting at the state and local level on a timely basis,” @JohnCornyn, U.S. Senator for Texas, U.S. Senate said at the 2026
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Jul 17
On U.S.-China policy: “We want China to be a ‘frenemy,’ not an enemy. I think this is a way to confront them in something consistent with Western values, as opposed to a kinetic war, which is something we should all fear,” U.S. Senator for Louisiana @SenBillCassidy said at the