Section 501 of the fiscal year 2017 intelligence authorization bill...requires the President to establish an interagency committee to counter active measures by Russia.

I think in this case this is something that would give them a tool, if they've crossed that line, to say, stop, here's what we know and here's the consequences.

One of the aspects of this investigation that I found troubling that we've already learned is how weak our response is when we have a disinformation campaign.

confirming a Supreme Court nominee is one of the Senate's most significant constitutional responsibilities. I come to the floor today to announce that I shall cast my vote for Judge Neil Gorsuch to be a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court…

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I want to take a moment to thank you, Chairman Collins, for introducing a bipartisan resolution declaring that achieving the primary goal of the National Plan to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer's disease by 2025 is indeed an…

They're going to be back in 2018 and 2020.

We can't go behind closed doors for six months and then come out and say, 'Here's what happened.' I don't think that's going to have credibility.

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That has to be part of what this committee conveys to the American people, because, otherwise, you know, we're going to be struggling in the dark.

I'm not going to participate in whitewash and I'm not going to participate in a witch-hunt.

I think, yes. I think as much as we can do in public is important for two fundamental reasons.

The idea of an outside commission, a lot of people talk about that, but the mechanics of that, there would have to be a statute or resolution.

I do, Anderson. That's exactly what we're trying to do. That's the goal. We're all working on keeping it together, on making it bipartisan.

I think as much as we can do in public is important for two fundamental reasons.

I think that's why the chairman and Mark Warner today said we're going to take our time and be sure we understand exactly what people know and what the right questions are.

Putin isn't a Democrat. He's not a Republican. He is an opportunist and he's going to come after whoever he thinks is standing in his way.

This was an attack on our democracy.