This is the face of the repression in Putin's Russia. It is 5-year-olds taken from their mothers because of 1-minute rock performances.

we need to, if we can, put human rights on the agenda, which we have learned is not on the agenda.

Congress should remind the administration that the Freedom Support Act is still on the books, our national commitment to its goals is intact.

I am going to work with, with Senator Johnson, Senator Murphy, Senator Paul, is a bipartisan letter that we can send to the administration, saying that we are very concerned.

I think we will talk about it--maybe we will want to see Secretary of State Kerry, or at least do a conference call with him, where we can underscore this.

And thank you for your courage. And I would just say, you know, on behalf of all of us, your being here helps shine the light on what is happening, and I hope that--because we now know you and we now know what you face, that, when you get…

It is up to the Russian leadership to rise to the challenge, to allow the nonprofit sector to thrive, and to restore cooperation with the U.S.

The Russian Government has tried to create the idea that these are political activities.

Mr. President, I am pleased to be joined by Senator Blunt in the introduction of the Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, by 2020, there will be a shortage of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

Mr. President, I rise today for the 35th time to again bring the message to my colleagues that it is time to wake up to the threat of climate change. There is simply too much credible evidence that climate change is occurring, and there is…

Mr. President, this past weekend President Obama met with President Xi of China in California for a summit meeting between the two leaders. It was an opportunity for a personal relationship between the leader of China and the leader of the…

Mr. President, we all lost a dear friend when Frank Lautenberg passed away a little over a week ago. He was a friend, he was a colleague, he was a mentor. In the last Congress I had the opportunity to sit next to him on the floor of the…

what the FDIC does is critical in this arena.

they are never going to get away from you. And what you do matters to the success not just of my banks, but the communities that they serve.

Why would elected officials reward gangbangers who are in the country illegally with amnesty and a pathway to citizenship?

if we create a Tax Code that is so complicated that drives them offshore and then say, these are bad folks, they are not patriots, they are willing to take their business offshore--it is not that they are unpatriotic, it is just that they…

wouldn't the idea be a government that is actually an advocate for your success and not an adversary?