"Well, from the moment the president came in, I would describe him as belligerent."
"He said, well, then let's end the meeting."
"as those of us who are policymakers and have to devise legislation and those of us who want to close the loopholes that exist"
"Venezuelans with impunity, those who should not, are hanging in Miami using their ill-gotten gains purchasing properties."
"How can you justify these changes which put taxpayers at risk of future bailouts?"
"It just seems counterintuitive that we are trying to affect the Russian economy, and then we are trying to create business ties."
"I thought it was our policy to put economic pressure on the Kremlin to stop attacking our elections, its illegal occupation of Ukraine, its war crimes in Syria."
"that is why Russia is not part of the G7 today."
"you do not become an oligarch in Russia unless Putin makes you one, right?"
"the moral case for such a designation is sound, designation of Russia as a state sponsor of terror."
"We need to deter the Russian Federation from undermining our elections, and continuing to violate the international order."