The fact is that Breedlove, somebody that you work with very closely, is saying right now that Putin is accomplishing exactly what he wants to accomplish inside eastern Ukraine without moving any troops.

Since the sanctions went in place last Monday, the stock market has risen almost 4 percent in Russia. They are laughing it off.

Instead of funding schools and hospitals... we have squandered our national wealth on adventurism.

If the authoritarian tyrant Vladimir Putin is allowed to get away with his unprovoked attack against his neighbor, a blatant violation of that country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, then U.S. credibility . . . will be down to…

The Ukrainian people want and deserve the right to determine their own future.

These actions represent a wholesale rejection of the goal of a Europe whole, free, and at peace.

Putin's actions must not stand and will not go unchallenged.

President Obama faces the gravest challenge of his presidency in figuring out how to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The people of Russia are being cheated of their democratic rights.

Yet for too long stagnant Federal funding has made it difficult to maintain this competitive edge.

I am not shy when it comes to the use of sanctions because I believe they can be an effective tool of peaceful diplomacy.

Reserving the right to object to Senator Paul's request to discharge S. 2265 in the committee, this legislation Senator Paul has been referring to has not been considered by the committee. It was just introduced in the last day or so, I…