Russia is our chief nation-state adversary.

I appreciate that. That is very important.

It is not ideal. Iran is a nasty country. But at times, we have common interests.

Mr. President. Today I am introducing a bipartisan bill to make the process of siting natural gas pipelines fairer and more transparent. For some time now, I have been listening to Virginians with passionate views on the proposed Atlantic…

So even though Russia is an adversary in many ways, the defeat of ISIS is an important goal.

Mr. Chairman, if I could just add, I have joined in the resolution so there are other members as well.

I think Cassidy said he wants to make sure it passes the Jimmy Kimmel test, which the House bill clearly didn't pass.

Senator Portman talked about this is the worst addiction crisis in the Nation's history.

There is the supply problem, as argued by Attorney General DeWine and Dr. Sacco.

This is a test of a new administration, whether its close ties to Russia can be put to our advantage in terms of curbing the behavior of Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

I'm concerned about the complete elimination of that Office of Education when everything we hear is that we need a lot more scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.

Our Chairman said--I'm paraphrasing--that NASA couldn't be the piggybank for climate change research that could be realistically done by other agencies.

Now is the opportunity to get back on the saddle here because we do have an opportunity to further exacerbate those financial tensions for Hezbollah.

Was it an all-comprehensive agreement that covered all of Iranian behavior and our concerns?

We don't get to rewrite history. You don't have to like it, but you don't get to rewrite it, and I think the record needed to be corrected.

I take enormous exception to my colleague from Virginia asserting that maybe this administration will get serious about sanctions when the previous one did not.

I've never had any reason to question your integrity, your expertise, or your intelligence.

We must determine the necessary steps to take to protect our democracy and ensure they can't do it again.