Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this week, the city of Washington becomes the command post of liberal democracy. It was my great honor to join, earlier this morning, with Leader McConnell and with my Democratic and Republican colleagues welcoming to the Senate the Secretary General of NATO, as well as the leaders of the U.K., Germany, Sweden, and Finland. For the first time ever, we were proud to welcome the leaders of NATO's two newest members, Sweden and Finland. Standing in the same room with NATO's newest members, Sweden and Finland, was a proud moment for us Senators. It was a culmination of the work that began 2 years ago when the Senate, in a bipartisan way, overwhelmingly approved their accession to the alliance. I told the leaders of NATO that America will never turn its back on the alliance. I told them the Senate will always hold up its end of the bargain to support NATO and ensure we have the tools to keep the free world safe; and I urged everyone in the room to continue standing firmly with Ukraine. I applaud the members of NATO for their major announcement of a new round of aid that will help soldiers on the battlefield, brave Ukrainian soldiers. Ukraine Mr. President, later today, I will also meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at a bipartisan meeting of Senators, and we will affirm yet again that the United States stands with them until the job is done.…”