Jeff Flake

And as Mitt Romney said, I think we've fallen short in that regard.

I do hope that somebody runs to remind Republicans what it means to be conservative and to remind the country what it means to be decent, as well.

If you just dismiss all of that and just talk politics, at some point here soon, Republicans are going to have to decide whether or not they want to be tethered to the president politically.

I wasn't surprised by the tweet, but anyway, I thought it was a great op-ed that was written. I think it said things that need to continually be said. And so I applaud Mitt Romney for saying that.

Any time that you stand and say, I own the shutdown, then you own it.

Senator Flake has requested me to focus on.

I expect we will stay in regular touch, and I look forward to finding ways that we can continue to work together on making sure that the United States remains not just a nation of interests, but a nation of values and where our foreign…

When I did, after all that we knew about what was going on and heard about from afar, when I arrived there and saw still things functioning as well as they were was a testament to what you are talking about, the resourcefulness of the…

The Senate will be a less august chamber without you, sir.

When I was there, I noted to President Mnangagwa that the government of Zimbabwe would be well served to have regular contact with the Ambassador before issues come up or as they come up rather than afterwards.

I can use that leverage and I well, but, unfortunately, by January 3rd, somebody else has to take it up.

Just look at what has happened. The attorney general has been fired. And oversight for the investigation has been taken from the deputy attorney general where it belonged.

I think that's exactly what we need to do. The president needs to know that the Senate will not stand for him firing Mueller.

The president's pardon power is nearly absolute. And so, yes.

With the president tweeting on a regular, daily basis that the special counsel is conflicted, that he is leading so-called 12 angry Democrats and demeaning and ridiculing him in every way to be so sanguine about the chances of him being…

The Gambia has made considerable progress since we last sent an ambassador there with the long-serving president ultimately stepping down after losing the election in 2016.

Benin underwent a peaceful transition to presidential power in 2016.

We believe and have messaged to President Rahmon and his ministries that suppressing political, religious, or civil society voices leads to the kind of repressive environment that generates instability.

If Judge Kavanaugh is shown to have lied to the committee, nomination's over?

I can only say that I would be only comfortable moving forward on the floor -- I'll move it out of committee, but I will only be comfortable moving on the floor until the FBI has done more investigation than they have already.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:24 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 27, 2018, at 12…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:52 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 13, 2018, 9:45…

I would urge my colleagues to recognize that in the end we are 21 very imperfect Senators trying to do our best to provide advice and consent.

This is not a good process, but it's all we've got.

When Dr. Ford came forward with her account, I immediately said that she should be heard and asked the Chairman to delay the vote that we had scheduled.