"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."
"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."
"those elections were about as straight up as I have ever seen."
"democracy is a whole lot better than authoritarianism."
"Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard."
"This is a bipartisan issue, and it is an American issue and something we all need to work on together."
"The tool of choice for authoritarians these days is anti-nongovernmental organization laws, also referred to as foreign agent laws."
"the United States has been a partner of Georgia for 30 years now, supporting its democracy, its self-determination, its security."
"I think the problem is there is some people making the same mistake right now with China, thinking that they are is something that they are not."
"I find it embarrassing. I think it is antithetical to our strategic interests."
"It is time for our Government to wake up to the real challenges China presents and start taking concrete action."