Are you bound by the non-disparagement clause that is very specifically stated in the agreement?

If any person had the remotest connection to an attack on our country and the murder of my friends, I am the last guy that would be sitting at a table with them.

In other words, their interest was public image, sportswashing, cleansing their reputation. Correct?

I am dedicated and determined to fight these kinds of changes that really impact adversely everybody in Connecticut and the country.

in just a very short time, we will be voting in this body on whether to take a step backward in our efforts to stop gun violence. Let's be very clear: The vote in just about half an hour will be to overturn a regulation that was final at…

Your testimony is really powerful on the issue not only of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation but also the threats of violence and hate crimes.

I think that's a really important point, that we are all at risk of this violence.

Senator Hirono and I have helped to lead hate crimes legislation, which actually has taken as one of its principal causes to stop exactly this kind of violence.

Your testimony is really powerful on the issue not only of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation but also the threats of violence and hate crimes.

I think that's a really important point, that we are all at risk of this violence.

Senator Hirono and I have helped to lead hate crimes legislation, which actually has taken as one of its principal causes to stop exactly this kind of violence.

Senator Hirono and I have helped to lead hate crimes legislation, which actually has taken as one of its principal causes to stop exactly this kind of violence.

I think that's a really important point, that we are all at risk of this violence.

Your testimony is really powerful on the issue not only of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation but also the threats of violence and hate crimes.

Justice Harry Blackmun who refused to have dinner with people who might conceivably at some point in the future have a case before the Supreme Court.

I may have missed it in your testimony, but do we have--you know, we use these figures, 21 veterans every day commit suicide. Is there an accurate, up-to-date number?

I have believed for some time that one of the challenges is outreach, whether it is through the media or person-to-person contact.

We need to confront the broken system that currently is our immigration legal apparatus.

The VA cannot operate in isolation. It has to seek partnerships with community groups like the Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance.

It's not acceptable to say, 'It's not my problem.'

It's not acceptable to say, 'It's not my problem.'

So I invite my Republican colleagues who speak vociferously and vehemently on this topic to join the Child Labor Prevention Act, which would increase the maximum fines for violations and establish new criminal penalties, now we're talking…

To put it very simply, our enforcement mechanisms are being starved?

To put it very simply, our enforcement mechanisms are being starved?

Thank you. My time is expired, but I will want perhaps to follow up on this issue.