All three cited sources are reachable and each documents this exact promise. The budd.senate.gov press release (PRIMARY) states Budd "introduced his first bill as a United States Senator, the Build the Wall Now Act," and the cited quote — "The Build the Wall Now Act ends this administration's excuses and forces them to restart wall construction immediately." — appears verbatim, alongside the bill's operative provisions (restart construction within 24 hours, unlock over $2.1B in previously appropriated but unspent wall funds). The Fox News article (REPUTABLE_SECONDARY) corroborates the introduction, first-bill status, and the $2.1B unlock; its cited quote is a composite joined by ellipses whose load-bearing fragments all appear (minor caveat: "introduced the Build the Wall Now Act" lightly reconstructs the article's "will introduce a bill" — not fabricated). The Blackburn press release (PRIMARY) confirms the joint introduction and the six named cosponsors verbatim. The CHAMPIONED leadership bar is independently confirmed: the S.422 bill text lists the sponsor line as "Mr. Budd (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Rounds, and Mrs. Blackburn)," making Budd the sponsor of record (author/lead), with Blackburn actually a cosponsor despite her release's name-first framing. This is genuine legislative leadership, not a mere vote or supporting cosponsorship. The bill was referred to committee and did not advance in a Democrat-controlled Senate, so the ultimate aspiration was not enacted — but that reflects minority status, not a failure to act. Budd fully executed and led the controllable act he promised. Rating upheld.