
History teaches us that Putin only understands strength and will not abide by any agreement unless it is backed by force.
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History teaches us that Putin only understands strength and will not abide by any agreement unless it is backed by force.

However, we will not achieve that lasting peace by offering Putin concession after concession and fatally degrading Ukraine's ability to defend itself.

The Center is being looted to the tune of millions of dollars in foregone revenue, cancelled programming, unpaid use of its facilities, and wasteful spending on luxury restaurants and hotels.

I will continue to object to what the president is doing in terms about tariffs and his comments because they are not only detrimental to Canada and our relationship, but I think they are detrimental globally.

Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests.

We should not do anything that makes (Putin) feel like he has a win here. Honestly, I think what Mitch said was short of what should be said.

This is a Russian proposal. …There is so much in that plan that is totally unacceptable.

He is lighting a match in a country soaked with political gasoline.

People who feel very strongly about this will feel like they’ve been duped if the justice department claims we can’t release anything because of an active investigation.

I will always work to keep Florida's shores pristine and protect our natural treasures for generations to come.

He must be condemned forcefully, loudly and without excuses, before someone takes his words as permission to do the unthinkable.

rolls back important protections against bigotry and could allow for horrifically hateful symbols like swastikas and nooses to be inexplicably permitted to be displayed.

If the Trump White House tried to declare some fake national emergency to create a pretense for federal intervention, I will force a vote here in the Senate to stop it.

At the end of the day, when there is a big vote and a close, narrow margin, he pulls it out.

He has talked about sending troops into more U.S. cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act.

the president of the United States is calling for the execution of elected officials.