What I ended up doing was becoming an actor who didn't mind doing other people's words.
The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those.
There's something very addictive about people pleasing. It's a thought pattern and a habit that feels really, really good until it becomes desperate.

