Hopefully, we will act with more sanity in this budget cycle.

But the question I have is did we need that AUMF to protect ourselves if attacked.

I was very pleased when the administration sent over language for the AUMF.

I wish to echo what my colleagues Senator Mikulski and Senator Klobuchar have said about this being a bipartisan issue. This is an issue that affects everybody in this country--Republicans, Democrats, Independents. It is a critical issue…

the importance of providing military assistance to Ukraine, including defensive lethal weapons and light antiarmor weapons

What we are seeing is a dramatic situation where all these gains might be reversed.

Even as we focus here on the Russian Federation's outward aggression, clearly we cannot ignore the repression that is happening inside Russia.

the absence and the clarity of the fact that we will not provide them weapons actually undermines their hand at the negotiating table.

Ukraine has an essential right to be able to defend itself, and us standing back and not supporting it... carries a heavy strategic and moral burden.

The Russian people and the world demand a transparent investigation into Mr. Nemtsov's murder and I sincerely hope we will see that.

Only the swift and the immediate action of the United States Government to train and equip the Ukrainians can stop Putin's strategy to deconstruct the transatlantic architecture.

Ukraine must reform. I have focused on the case for arming Ukraine because without this there will not be a country to rebuild.