I wasn't surprised at all, Erin. I've had questions since the very first moment I heard that Tulsi Gabbard was nominated because she has a long history of affinity towards autocrats and dictators.

It's about our democracy, it's about our climate, it's about gun violence, it's about safety in our communities, and it's not actual true immigration reform.

None of it, John. It's a total lie, a total fabrication. I couldn't be more proud to represent Aurora. I couldn't be more proud to call it as my home. It's where I'm sitting right now, not too far from those apartment complexes that the…

Donald Trump picked up the phone. He called his minions in Congress and he said kill the deal. Kill it because he would rather run on the problem than solve the problem.

He is making these things up because he's distracting, or he's trying to distract people's attention from his policies that are overwhelmingly unpopular and being repudiated by the American people from his desire to gut climate change…

President Biden did order, after the July 13th shooting, a increase security for Vice President Harris and President Trump to bring it up to a presidential level of security.

Donald Trump's Project 2025 would abandon our troops, abandon our veterans, our allies, and our principles.

Our troops deserve a commander-in-chief who will always have their back. That leader is Kamala Harris.

let's just release those transcripts so we can all see for ourselves what it is we are dealing with.

The work you and your teams do, often in hostile and dangerous environments, is essential to supporting independent journalism, access to objective reporting, and amplifying American values abroad.

It is not the role of this committee to tell you all what to report and how to report it because that act alone would undermine the credibility, the veracity, and the effectiveness of that information.

I have a great confidence in this administration to do that in the right and reasonable way.

the president has the authority and the responsibility to protect U.S. service members and U.S. facilities in the Middle East.

We just ended our nation's longest war. We should not be pulling but it pulled into another one.

For this community, these challenges that we are discussing today are tangible, lived reality.

the only pathway to peace will be if all of those groups have the right to live in security and dignity and safety.

We provide humanitarian aid for people in oppressive areas because helping them meet their basic needs... helps them resist.

I stand with Israel and its right to defend itself and its goals to destroy the Hamas terrorist organization.

We must stand against Iran and we must not allow them to obtain a nuclear weapon.

Is that the message we want to send? No. You can't say you are for our national security and also support this measure. More than anything else, this is a moral argument. I don't want to see yellow ribbons tied around trees, I don't want…

Your families have made the greatest sacrifice that any family can make for this Nation and we owe you a debt of gratitude.

That statement, to be clear, was within the context of him applauding the work of the military and our troops and our soldiers.

I do a lot of good work with my friend from California, and we have agreed before, but I have to vehemently disagree with him on this particular amendment. It is framed as an Afghanistan oversight amendment, an issue that is very important…

My friend from California, I will always accept an offer to meet with our families of the fallen. I served in Afghanistan, as you know, and some of my friends and people that I served with made the ultimate sacrifice, but this is not the…

I fully support Ukraine in its existential fight for freedom and democracy. I have also spent years in this Chamber addressing the issue of civilian casualties. In fact, I am one of the founding co-chairs of the Protection of Civilians in…