My staff knew how important it was to me that my office be as open and as accessible as possible to the people of North Carolina, and my team worked every single day to help us reach that goal. Over the last 6 years, we held a townhall in…

Madam President, it is with great honor and gratitude that I rise to reflect on the last 6 years, which have been some of the most rewarding and transformative of my life, and to thank the people who have been by my side as we worked to…

The situation in Xinjiang is dire and requires immediate attention.

The Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security have launched an initiative to partner with local communities to counter extremist recruiting.

The United States cannot bear this fight alone, and a strong coalition, including the neighboring Arab states, is obviously critical to destroying ISIS.

I am pleased that the strategy that the administration has developed for defeating ISIS does include the training and equipping the moderate Syrian opposition.

While a strong moderate military force is essential, I do believe success on the battlefield can only set the condition for the political solution in Syria.

I think that's very important, because it certainly would degrade their capability.

Do you see the presence of radicalized Westerners fighting with ISIS and the Khorasan as a threat to the United States?

I also think it's critical that the people of Syria have an alternative other than ISIS or other radical terrorist groups like it or the Assad regime.

Madam President, I was necessarily absent from the Senate on July 31, 2014. I missed rollcall votes in relation to the motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to S. 2648, the motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to H.R. 3230…