tyranny comes in two forms: the attack on freedom and the disappearance of the fundamental separation of powers.

Suddenly, you have the three elements that create tyranny in place of freedom, or authoritarianism in place of a republic.

Let's not let this happen. Let's not have a standing military. It is expensive, and it is too big a temptation for our Executive to use it against people the way we had seen in so many other places. That second stanza or that second phrase…

President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million-- That is a lot of money. For folks in my neighborhood, $1 million seems like an unfathomable sum, and here, we are talking about $230 million, a quarter…

--to save their futures and, therefore, your future. Why? Why do we have to have a world where the powerful engage in these assaults based on race or religion or ethnicity? I sometimes hear Rodney King in my head--``Why can't we just all…

Urgent message: We are 292 former career employees who proudly served our country at the Department of Justice. From prosecutors, special agents, and intelligence analysts to immigration judges, grant managers, civil rights attorneys, and…

The reforms that my colleague speaks of are incredibly important because we have a standard under title 10. Under title 10, which is the federalization of the National Guard, the standard is there has to be a rebellion and there has to be…

But here we have evidence of the President tearing down a symbol of our Republic and building a symbol that is really a symbol about authoritarian power, about a government that serves the rich. Just the fact that we are spending money on…

So this is why we should all--if we had any doubts a year ago, we should all now be going: Oh my God. We are not immune from the same strategy that has been pursued with the same authoritarian playbook in country after country after…

We are 292 former career employees who proudly served our country at the Department of Justice. From prosecutors, special agents, and intelligence analysts to immigration judges, grant managers, civil rights attorneys and more, we all…

My colleague has richly earned a few hours of sleep tonight, but I am going to make sure that here in the Senate and across the country, people understand that this is the beginning of further discussion, not the end. I want to thank my…

Every time I think about Ukraine, I think about how fiercely, including in the Orange Revolution, in which they did so much to say: No, we will not be taken over by Russia; we will not be put under the thumb of Russia by one of our…

It seems to me America is the last bastion of liberty in the world. There is nowhere to flee to, no mighty republic that stands if American democracy fails. I want to commend my partner from Oregon for taking this exceptionally important…

Thank you for posing this question which has not come up in the many hours I have been standing here but is very relevant to the question of what happens under authoritarian control and, worse, recognizes that Russia retained some…

We are advocating because it is the right thing for every American that healthcare is a right. It is a foundation for a family to thrive. When I think about the things that enable a family to do well, it is healthcare; it is a decent home…

My colleague has described very well the way this works. In the past, in general, you had military coups. People with guns stormed in, took over, shredded the constitution, tossed it out, had command of the armed forces. Indeed, it was an…

I think I would get zero takers. By the way, where is the legislation that gives the President the power to give $20 billion or $40 billion to Argentina? I haven't looked it up yet. I am going to look it up, but I think it is exactly a…

Yes. In regard to your question, I am extremely worried about the Trump administration's effort to pave the path with the courts and with the discipline of the military and have them in the practice of being deployed to, if you will, in…