Dick Durbin: “I think you continue to make arguments against sanctions. And I have to ask you, What is your alternative?”

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.

Much like a toddler throwing a tantrum, Donald Trump continues to punish Americans who live in states that did not support him in the last election.

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

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.