Dick Durbin: “What I am trying to get to is this: If you can rationalize a 100-round drum that someone can strap onto a semiautomatic…”

You can’t survive in politics unless you’re optimistic. You’ve got to believe that even though you face a setback or you don’t have all the laws you need, that tomorrow will be better.

These changes threaten to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau’s integrity.

We ask that you immediately provide all committee records that you have withheld, commit to fully complying with Senate Rules XXVI and XXVII going forward, and apologize to Mr. Smith on behalf of the Committee.

For decades, America has stood as the bastion of freedom against tyranny, and American presidents have embodied our nation’s resistance to tyrants. Putin is a tyrant.