Jeanne Shaheen: “It seems to me that that is a pretty basic bar that we should think about as we are looking at people who have been…”

On this visit, Senator Durbin and I will meet with officials, young leaders and civil society representatives to discuss security, economic opportunity and their countries’ relationships with the United States.

The fact is, again, the president is looking for a scapegoat because he's in trouble with the American people because he's not done what he promised to do.

There is not. And what the president continues to deny is that the only way to get Vladimir Putin to come to the table and seriously negotiate on Ukraine is for the United States and Europe to continue to put pressure on him.

The high rate of suicide among construction workers should be alarming to us all.