"I am proud of the work we did together to permanently authorize the Global Magnitsky authority."
"I do think we need a closer relationship between the intent of Congress and the implementation of our laws."
"What is happening there today, as we speak, on the ground is unacceptable what the current authorities are doing against the people of Georgia."
"The tragic situations there cry out for us using every tool in our diplomatic toolbox to help deal with the humanitarian crisis in Sudan."
"For whatever reason the second branch of government is reluctant to anger other countries or look at the wrath of other countries, and that is just flat wrong."
"When I did REPO, which you referred to, my biggest enemy was not Democrats. My biggest enemy was the Administration."
"The enforcement of those sanctions, the pursuit of those sanctions are incredibly important, and I do not think we are doing nearly as good a job pursuing as we are putting them on."
"The beauty of the Constitution of the United States is that the legislative branch is a co-equal branch of government to the executive branch, and you can actually do stuff."
"I look forward to working with you and Senator Shaheen and Senator Kaine and everybody else here to come up with new legislation to hold the executive branch's feet to the fire."
"I think it is incumbent upon us as we go forward to do that, and I commit to you that we will continue to pursue that."
"Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard."
"The tool of choice for authoritarians these days is anti-nongovernmental organization laws, also referred to as foreign agent laws."