What is happening there today, as we speak, on the ground is unacceptable what the current authorities are doing against the people of Georgia.

I do think we need a closer relationship between the intent of Congress and the implementation of our laws.

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.

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.

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.

I am proud of the work we did together to permanently authorize the Global Magnitsky authority.

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.

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This is a bipartisan issue, and it is an American issue and something we all need to work on together.

those elections were about as straight up as I have ever seen.

democracy is a whole lot better than authoritarianism.

the United States has been a partner of Georgia for 30 years now, supporting its democracy, its self-determination, its security.

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.

I do think, and I will just state clearly that Iran is an implacable foe of the United States.

This was not a good idea, which is an understatement.

The days of admiring the problem from afar must be over.

The Administration's record is dismal. China is tightening its linkages with our adversaries, and the Administration is doing almost nothing about it.

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 do believe we should put these folks on the field.

I find it embarrassing. I think it is antithetical to our strategic interests.

Aggressively targeting China should be the top priority in U.S. sanctions policy.