Chris Coons

We are here to consider you for a lifetime appointment to the United States Supreme Court where you will help shape the future of this country.

I think you have been conducting this in a respectful, appropriate, and deliberate way.

Mr. Chairman, if I might add an additional point, I agree with my colleague.

I am more optimistic about the relevance and value of that bill perhaps than others.

My concern here, John, is given how closely Attorney General Sessions and President Trump align on so many issues, his pressing the attorney general to resign really I think is all about the president's desire to interfere in or end the…

My belief is that Don McGahn has been advising President Trump strongly against doing things that would be inappropriate like interfering in the Mueller investigation.

I absolutely agree, we should be taking aggressive action against China to defend America's inventions and innovations in IP.

I think there are preliminary conversations we can have, but this is a potential opportunity to show what a modern FTA looks like between countries that are having a clear-eyed talk about IP, about data, about capital flows, about a lot of…

I just want to ask up front, Do you support a post-Brexit U.S.-UK free trade deal?

I do, however, have real concerns about the consequences of tariffs being misapplied in a way that doesn't marshal our allies in a directed effort to confront China's activities, but has, I think, negative secondary consequences.

I think President Trump is absolutely right to prioritize being aggressive in pushing back against China's maligned trade activities that have gone on for far too long.

We have a President that right now sees that we have an ongoing investigation into the very attacks that the Russians did to us.

If President Putin attacks our next election, advise President Trump to withdraw any invitation to President Putin

Our President's statements have confused our allies, encouraged our adversaries, and have failed to be comparably clear

We should meet with our adversaries. But as President Reagan did, we need to be clear-eyed about who they are

My concern, if I could just directly, is that our President has never made a clear and comprehensive speech outlining the threat posed by Russia.

I prefer an environment of diplomacy to one of a perception of imminent conflict with either North Korea or Russia.

Finland and Latvia, the Baltic States, other allies of ours in that region are prepared to invest more in their own defense and to strengthen their defenses against Russian interference in their upcoming elections.

Today the Baltic States are free. They are NATO allies.

I was pleased to hear about the Crimea Declaration. I think it is important for the administration to be forceful and clear about our position with regard to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea.

That meeting was to hear their concerns about the impact of the steel tariffs.

I was grateful for an opportunity to just show a little courtesy to a dear friend.

Policies enacted by Congress really do make a significant impact on our ability to raise money.

We urge Congress to advance the bipartisan STRONGER Patents Act, which would address many of these deficiencies in the IPR process.

It is urgent that the Trump administration reverse course, in terms of broadly imposing tariffs on our closest and most vital allies