Dick Durbin: “They claim that they are. I believe that they have the tools and the resources inside that they--they could take action.”

The lack of community involvement and speed with which this project has moved forward raises questions about the role of private interests.

The lowering of the FBI's hiring standards "threaten[s] to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau's integrity.

To leave here without this being a law finalized to protect these young people … is painful, really painful. I don’t want them to feel like I’m abandoning them.

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.