I think it is important to put it in that broader economic context.

Vladimir Putin is in a very dangerous corner right now. He no longer believes that he can take Kyiv through a conventional military invasion. He is going to move towards a genocidal strategy in which he attacks and kills as many Ukrainian…

That might not have come from Senator Sasse's mouth, but there were others at that press conference--right?--who have repeatedly blamed this entire crisis not on Vladimir Putin but on Joe Biden's policies. And I do think it is convenient…

I let the Senator finish. The choice before this Senate was, Are we going to support a piece of legislation that includes the necessary money in order to allow for Ukraine to defend itself and for this administration to get emergency…

I will. Thank you, Madam President. The Senator is exactly right. Not only was there another option--pass the Ukraine supplemental on its own--there were a million other options. Right? There are always different ways that we can do…

Sure, I would be happy to yield. Senator Sasse, I was going to try to respond to your critique, but I am happy to yield at this point.

Senator---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. I would ask the Senators to direct their questioning to the President and give the Senators the decorum to respond.

The point is that the only way that this place passes legislation is compromise, is voting on pieces of legislation that have in it things that----

I don't think I have anybody seeking to yield at this point. Let me say this. I take Senator Sasse's position seriously, and I want him to take my position seriously, as well, because I object to the idea of my effort to draw attention to…

So inside every piece of legislation are elements that many of us disagree with, right? Inside that budget that you voted against are all sorts of things that I disagree with. But, in the end, in order to govern the country, you have to be…

Reclaiming my time. Listen, I understand that Republicans would love for this inconvenient truth not to be pointed out for them-- right?--the fact that they are eviscerating the President at press conferences for the crisis in Ukraine…

I got the chance to hear some of Senator Sasse's remarks. I noted the floor chart with my name on it, accusing me of what he called tribal hackery. I am not exactly sure what the rules of the Senate are. I am not sure that that is becoming…

But this president, President Biden, is playing a pretty strong hand right now. And I think that that has caused the Chinese to sort of step back and do an assessment of whether this is in their best interest, stay allied with Russia on…

What they listen to is multilateral consequences. And so, we can take a strong position with China right now because if they do decide to get into some military deal with the Russians to resupply what they have lost on the battlefield, it…

we allowed Russia to become so powerful based upon one principal source of revenue. And that is their oil and gas.

I think a lot of people scratch their head a bit in the early days of this conflict and the weeks leading up to it, asking why President Biden wasn`t acting unilaterally without Europe. And the reason for that is first that he just…

when democracy is under threat like this in an unprecedented way, when civilians are being murdered by the hundreds and thousands, we`re -- we have the ability to come together and even for a country like Russia, which had integrated…

as if in executive session, I ask that the motion to reconsider with respect to the Pagan nomination be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I come to the floor this evening to offer a few remarks about claims that have been made on this floor over the course of the last few days regarding the path forward to American energy independence. The oil industry--reaping record…

I frankly think that this exercise is not helpful... it's not in the United States interest to get into a conflict with another nuclear superpower.

There's no such thing as a no-fly zone over Ukraine, just as if we declared a no-invasion zone on the ground in Ukraine, the only way we could make that a reality is to put hundreds of thousands of US forces.

We should continue to flow support and weapons and arms to Ukraine, but we should make sure that the weapons we're transferring are ones they can actually use, and are going to be the most effective and helping to defend our country.

the moment that gas prices start to surge even more, he believes that Republicans are going to be using this against the president.

I think it is a curious decision by Poland to announce their gift of several $100 million worth of jets to the United States without alerting us first.

I, frankly, think it would be national security malpractice for the United States to kick down the road another 6 months a nuclear deal with Iran.