We're going to hit you and hit you hard. I'm going to introduce sanctions that will be bipartisan, that names Putin as an individual, his inner circle, for not only hacking into our political systems, but trying to destabilize democracy…

Thank you, Senator McCain. Your overview was excellent about the perils we face as a nation if we don't modify the law. I will try to give you a couple of minutes of how did we get to here. After 9/ 11--the most horrific attack on our…

Right on cue, so I will start off here. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for a colloquy between myself and the Senator from South Carolina. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with Senator McCain when he arrives. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Just to make sure. JASTA Very briefly, I will let Senator McCain lead off, but I want to talk about the way forward regarding JASTA. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I would like to join my friend and colleague on this issue that is of…

Mr. President, in a political world getting more contentious by the day, with even greater divisions and an increasing lack of civility, Joe Biden has always stood out. The reason so many Republicans and Democrats appreciate him is because…

Mr. President, this is a really good question. One of the concepts we want to introduce into the new modification is discretionary decisions by nation-states. The original bill said you couldn't sue based on a discretionary decision--a…

Mr. President, that is a really good question because the purpose of this legislation is to hold nation-states responsible for aiding terrorist organizations. The YPG Kurds, in the eyes of Turkey, could be a terrorist group. Al Qaeda is…

Yes. I think the foreign policy of nations and the willingness to assist us as a nation is very much up in the air if we don't somehow modify this law because if you are doing business in the United States--let's pick Saudi Arabia. The…

Mr. Speaker, I am so very fortunate to have grown up in a family dedicated to public service. I watched and learned from my father as he served as a State legislator, Florida's Governor, and as a United States Senator, and from my mother…

Thank you very much. Mr. President, I just want to attest to Claire and Kelly--if I go to war, I want to go with you all because when the bullets fly, you get tougher. I love all my colleagues, but sometimes the stress of the debate wears…

Mr. Speaker, I am grateful that President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Dr. Ben Carson to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, where he will promote opportunity for success for everyone. President-elect Trump announced…

Mr. Speaker, I am grateful that President-elect Donald Trump has made another excellent appointment in selecting General Jim Mattis to serve as Secretary of Defense to rebuild our military. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal…

I agree with Mr. Grothman in saying that I'm astounded by the amount of spending that's being done on this.

only 10 percent of what's being classified probably really needed to be classified.

We're going to have to, it seems to me, to go to much more of a carrot-and-stick approach on all of this and incentivize good behavior and penalize bad behavior in this area.

I want to use my time to call on him at this point and the Modi government to end the pre-approval requirement for Compassion so that money can flow to where the rubber meets the road and where the needs are most dire.

I fully respect the sovereignty of nations to do what is in their best interest.