Sanctions is a tool of peaceful diplomacy.

I believe the new Secretary-General's long experience as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees will be a unique asset.

Do you believe that as part of that rules-based structure, the inviolability of borders and territorial sovereignty is an essential part of that?

What kind of signal does this send to whistle-blowers, to leakers, and in the middle of the environment we're in right now, where we have a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of the Russian hacking?

I appreciate and love Senator Shelby, but I am not going to follow his precedent.

my amendment is to protect the health insurance of 11 million low-income men, women, and children who are currently benefiting from the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. This amendment establishes a point of order requiring the CBO…

this is not an amendment to protect the elderly and disabled. It guts Medicaid's opportunity by going into a block grant or per capita cut that would sharply cut Federal funding over time and eliminate the States' flexibility to innovate…

I am not recorded. No to no protections. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order. The Senator from New Jersey.

Do you think Mexicans are criminals, drug dealers, and rapists?

Now the President-elect says the American people will pay for it and then that the Mexicans will reimburse us.

do you believe that additional sanctions on Russia, in view of everything that has been ascertained, is, in fact, appropriate?

Could you imagine being in a position in which you would have your company and its shareholders pay money to lobby for sanctions that would affect your bottom line?