It would be a big mistake for the Prime Minister Netanyahu to look at all of these nations that have been allies, saying you need to change course, and for him to just pull his head in the shell and turn inward and continue to isolate Israel, rather than move forward toward peace and more stability in the region.

We are really worried about it, Margaret.

I was very heartened that the President said that, and you're right. I support what the United States voted for in the UN in 1947 a state of Israel and a state of Palestine.

The only thing about the president's threat to fire more people is, he's already doing it.

The safeguards we put in place, the oversight this body provides, only work if intelligence officers know that they can tell the truth without losing their jobs.

If we let politics dictate what intelligence is acceptable, we are effectively flying blind.

For months now, we’ve watched President Trump’s administration, led in this arena by his hand-picked Director of National Intelligence, Ms. Gabbard, systematically undermine the men and women whose only mission is to keep this country safe.

These are critical posts in one of our most important intelligence organizations, vacated not because of misconduct or failure, but because of the whims of a political provocateur whose public record is filled with hate and conspiracies.

If analysts believe their careers will be destroyed for offering inconvenient assessments, then we will only get the intelligence the White House wants.

You got over the qualifications bar easily, but my worries about the direction of HHS made me question you very significantly on your backbone, a trait that is not in long supply in this town. And then when I voted against your confirmation, I cited that as the reason.

Again, no concern about your qualifications. I had concern about your backbone, and I was wrong, and I apologize to you for being wrong.

Putting a gag order on a CDC director and directing her not to speak to those who have confirmed her and to whom she is responsible for oversight is a very serious matter.

now it’s real,” when the tariffs hadn’t been implemented yet last spring.

It’s not theoretical,” he said.

Republicans can “vote with your constituents or vote with President Trump,”

It’s time to end these tax credits, but when it comes to health care, it’s not quite as easy as letting them expire, especially when it’s something at the end of the calendar year.

Republicans need to lead on this issue.

In six weeks or so, people will get a notice that their health care premiums are going to go up by thousands of dollars.