Democracies die when the regime plays outside the box and the opposition decides to stay inside the box.

Why would we ask the American taxpayer to spend upwards of $1 billion on a plane that would then only be used for a handful of months and then transfer directly to the president?

It's understandable that there are a lot of Democrats out there who want us to be fighting harder. I mean, Trump is lighting our democracy on fire. And so it's frankly a good sign.

The number one priority of Republicans is protecting Donald Trump. It’s not protecting you. It’s protecting him.

It will become hard, maybe even impossible, to write a bipartisan budget ever again, because the minority party knows they can get double crossed.

Eight times since 1974, when Congress created the rescissions process, one party has controlled the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives--eight times. It is actually four times Democratic control and four times…

The Democrats currently in Congress are not so sure.

Correct, and not coincidentally.

[W]e were at the table negotiating a deal, and the only way to get Iran permanently off the path to a nuclear weapon, once they have all of that equipment and once they have all that knowledge, is a diplomatic agreement.

we have scrambled Iranian politics to the point where they might not now be able to make those concessions that they could have made before the United States and Israel struck them.

And there’s no guarantee that we will ever get back because we have scrambled Iranian politics to the point where they might not now be able to make those concessions that they could have made before the United States and Israel struck…

the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress.

No, I don't give [Trump admin] credit for that — border crossings are low because they're violating the law every day. We have a law in this country that says if you are fleeing terror or torture from another country, you can come here and…

Because it's a moral monstrosity.

This is the biggest reduction in, you know, nutrition benefits for kids in the history of the country.

at the foundation of this bill is something very simple: the most massive transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in the history of the country. That is essentially what we are talking about here. That is locally bad policy, but, just…

We’re debating a bill that’s going to cut healthcare for 16 million people. It’s going to give a tax break to, you know, massively wealthy people who don’t need any more money.

I mean, this is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation that I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress.

That’s a decision the House makes. But it is clear that this is illegal.

Again, that’s a decision the House makes. But I will say, I mean, if you compare his conduct in this administration to the conduct that he got impeached for in the first administration, his conduct in this administration is much worse…

I’ve been briefed on the intelligence — there is no evidence Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States. That makes this attack illegal.

The only way that you are going to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon is an agreement.

That’s a decision the House makes. That’s not a decision the Senate makes. But it is clear that this is illegal.

No, I would not have authorized strikes literally at the moment that we were sitting down with the Iranians trying to come to a peaceful settlement.

I walk away from that briefing still under the belief that we have not obliterated the program.