Brian Schatz
Sen. Brian Schatz speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on June 9, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.
  • After months of Senate meetings, a group of legislators revealed a bipartisan border bill.
  • Immediately following, congressional Republicans railed against the bill.
  • A Democratic senator said he's "gobsmacked" the GOP's killing a bill with policies the party wants.

A Democratic senator said he's "just gobsmacked" to see congressional Republicans continue rapidly coalesce against the recently revealed Senate immigration bill.

Sen. Brian Schatz, who's represented Hawaii in the upper chamber since 2012, voiced his frustration with the GOP's response to the newly drafted legislation that only came together after months of bipartisan deliberation.