President Trump's mixed signals send the message to Putin that he will not face maximum punishment for trying to interfere in our democracy.

We need a strong leader in the White House who clearly understands this threat and is willing to confront it.

Congress wants to push harder against Russia. Last summer, we overwhelmingly passed tougher sanctions on Russia, and over a year later, the Trump administration has not implemented seven mandatory sections of this Russia sanctions law.

I think you are right on this, and you rightly point out that President Trump's own National Director of Intelligence said publicly that Russia keeps trying to undermine our electoral process, our energy grid, and other critical…

We do not permit other countries to punish our diplomats for doing their job.

If senior administration officials think that the president of the United States is not able to do his job, then they should invoke the 25th Amendment.

Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to a true American hero, my friend and my colleague, John McCain. To know John was to know a man who was fiercely devoted to his family, his constituents, and his country. My thoughts and prayers are…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Stephen McCall, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for being here.

We should be standing up for American workers and their families in every area, their wages, their right to organize, workplace safety, retirement security, access to affordable healthcare.

Tariffs are an important tool that we should be willing to use to make sure that American workers and American businesses can compete fairly with their counterparts in other countries.