Mr. President, I rise to join my colleague Senator Inhofe to discuss the fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization bill. I want to begin by thanking Senator Inhofe for his leadership and bipartisanship throughout the drafting of this…

I ask unanimous consent that Jeremy Maginot, a Coast Guard fellow in my office, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of this Congress. I also ask unanimous consent that another fellow in my office, Aminata Sy, be granted…

the finding of Volume I of the special counsel's report that there was not evidence of a criminal conspiracy

No mystery about how it started. You can wish it was a different thing. It's right in the Mueller report. Read it.

Now, members of the President's own administration have been very clear in stating that Russia attacked our elections in 2016 and will likely try to do it again.

This legislation will require the State Department to compile a list of foreign individuals who commit violations against members of the LGBTI community.

It speaks volumes to the LGBTI community around the world that the U.S. House stands united in support of the fundamental rights the LGBTI community to live with dignity.

I consider no more a sacred responsibility that we have as Members of Congress than to preserve our democracy and ensure that no foreign adversary of the United States interferes with American elections.

You wrote that the current environment may create--and I quote you--a chilling effect on agents, who may be reluctant to open investigations on certain individuals based on the rhetoric coming from the President and the Attorney General or…

On May 6, 2016, campaign advisor George Papadopoulos told a foreign diplomat that the Trump campaign had received indications from the Russian Government that it could assist the campaign through anonymous release of information that would…

But President Trump has not only said he would be open to receiving foreign help in the next election, but he's also repeatedly disparaged the men and women in the intelligence community.

I was saddened to hear my Republican colleagues try to suggest what we're doing today isn't important.

The strategy is to achieve what objective? Maybe that is the question.

I am very concerned that the actions taken by the Administration over the last 18 months have isolated the United States and brought us closer to war.

But you said in your testimony that where you have made, our strategy is working. Based on what?

That is sort of rich on the sort of the moment that Iran is about to increase its capabilities to, in fact, develop a nuclear weapon as a result of us walking away from the agreement.

I want to associate myself with my colleagues' remarks, particularly the chairman's, about the absence of an authorization to strike Iran under any existing AUMF or constitutional authorities.

Isn't that the whole point?