Dick Durbin: “Of course, Senator Collins, your questions will be submitted for the Secretary, along with others, for him to consider.”

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

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 authorities require you to apply economic pressure on Russia and the chief enablers of its war, in particular China, and thereby enhance your negotiating position to bring a swift end to this ruinous conflict.

Changes of this magnitude with no discernible justification must be scrutinized.