It completely undercuts the administration’s claim that they really care about narco-trafficking, and that raises the question of what is really going on with the Venezuela operation.

The president's decision to say, OK, this particular criminal, who should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, who came in under an asylum grant... don't say that all Afghans in the United States... are bad.

This rises to the level of a war crime if it’s true

This is shocking. And again, this is not an individual who was accused of running drugs to the United States. He was convicted in a federal court in the United States.

It's time for Congress to rein in a president who is deciding to wage war on his own say-so, which is not what the Constitution allowed.

The circumstances have changed in the months since we had that vote.

This would be a complete capitulation and that's why I think you're hearing from Congress, both sides, people pushing back ... It feels like this was a plan that they took almost entirely from the Russians.

I think the president is seeing this one-sided plan kind of blow up in his face with pushback from the Ukrainians, from the Europeans, from members of Congress of his own party.

I will ensure all eligible Virginians who have served their prison sentences have their voting rights restored.

My reaction is it's awful. It would make Neville Chamberlain's giving in to Hitler outside of World War II looks strong in comparison.

I think it’s fair to test another side’s red lines in a negotiation.

Allowing these tax credits to lapse without a clear path forward would risk real harm to those we represent.

If they don’t take it up, I’ll give you a prediction: The November 2026 elections are going to look a whole lot worse for Republicans than the November 2025 elections did.

Frankly, I viewed the situation last weekend as we had no path, none, to a health care fix until we reopened government.

I don’t tell Ro Khanna or AOC or anybody else who you should pick as your House leader, because I got a full-time job being a senator.

I don’t need to freelance opinions about House leadership.

Don’t ask me to assume failure on the effort that we’re undertaking.

There was no guarantee that waiting would get us a better result, but there was a guarantee that waiting would impose suffering on more everyday people.