What really is at stake is a competition of two systems, our liberal societies and Putin's ideas.

I just think that is an enormously important distinction, because I do not really care if he thinks that he is winning according to his terms.

His economy is in recession, two straight quarters likely of negative growth, massive capital flight.

We have to conduct our business according to our understanding of winning, losing, what benefits us, what is to the detriment of U.S. security interests.

The Germans have openly been the most skeptical about sanctions on Russia with respect to action in the Ukraine.

This is not a new topic for this committee, but Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and military activity in eastern Ukraine has brought a new sense of urgency and focus to this debate.

Whatever number you look at, if it's one in five, if it's one in six, if it's something else, what we know is that campus sexual assault is vastly underreported, and one of the main reasons is that there's not a good path for redress, OK?

many students there feel a second victimization when they go through the process of reporting and testifying to the abuse.

But clearly, inside that country, there is a crippling fear that the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the diminution of aid that you referenced in your initial testimony is going to have a pretty catastrophic effect on the economy.

What are your thoughts on what a repeal of the AUMF would do for our capabilities and necessities inside Afghanistan over the next several years?

Ms. Magsamen, do you have thoughts on the consequences of an AUMF repeal?

I hope the Presiding Officer and my colleagues had a great Father's Day this past Sunday. I had maybe the best Father's Day you can imagine because I got to spend part of it with my two sons and my father. We all went out to dinner with my…

I thank both Majority Leader Reid and Chaplain Black for allowing Rabbi Ginsberg to open our session with what I thought was a very beautiful prayer challenging us to action and to conscience. Just a word about Rabbi Ginsberg's leadership…

before I address the issue of college affordability, I want to send my condolences to the families in Oregon, another community ravaged by a school shooting, the 37th of 2014, the 74th school shooting since Sandy Hook. Those are pretty…

This should be a NATO-blessed deployment, and NATO states should provide a second battalion package in each country.

refusing direct assistance to a democratic government facing what is unquestionably aggression is a mistake.

I come to the floor to speak in support of Sylvia Burwell's nomination to lead our efforts at HHS and to follow up on the comments of her great friend Senator Manchin. I would like to add two points to what I think was a great presentation…

I reject the notion that Russia was pushed into this by NATO's expansion east.

NATO ought to have that discussion in advance so then when it happens, NATO has an answer ready.

But is article 5 still a sufficient protection for countries along Russia's border?

Aside from the significant defensive enhancement against any new 'Crimea,' this step would signal Moscow that the United States and NATO are going to defend alliance territory.

we are more likely to gain his attention if we stop 'self-deterring' ourselves.

Thirty-one thousand people a year die across this country from gun violence. That is 2,639 a month or 86 a day. I have tried to come down to the floor every week--a couple times a month at the very least--and talk about the voices of those…

having just come down from the chair, I wish to briefly respond to the remarks of the junior Senator from Alabama, who engaged in a pretty stunning and broad denial of science for about 15 minutes on the floor of the Senate as part of what…

I want to tell my colleagues a story about Charlene Dill. On March 21 Charlene Dill was supposed to bring her three children over to the South Orlando home of her best friend Kathleen. The two friends had cultivated a really close…