Well, the president's response has clearly been an unmitigated disaster to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The presumption at the Bureau of Prisons should be to utilize the tools available to it to allow inmates relief from this potentially deadly virus.
We held the House; we flipped the presidency. I think we can win those two seats in Georgia. And COVID-19 and the fact that they've been missing in action is one of the most powerful arguments that we have.
The good news, Chris, is that January 20th is on the horizon. We're going to try to get something done before then because the American people are hurting, but we will have new presidential leadership shortly.
I mean, it's highly irresponsible, and it's classic in terms of the Trump administration. They're all about themselves. They're behaving like petulant children right now. They don't care about the economy. They don't care about the…
Well, we've been trying to proceed with the fierce urgency of now since May when we passed the initial version of the heroes act on May 15th, then again, passed a second version of the Heroes Act on October 1st. But unfortunately, our…
Amtrak is wholly unique in the access rights that it has with regard to freight rail lines.
Crystal Mason -- and you have covered this, Ari... is a black woman who -- in a Texas prison right now, five-year sentence, for inadvertently voting because she thought she was eligible. They always are talking about voter fraud, but it…
They always are talking about voter fraud, but it appears that they are endeavoring to engage in it right now. Perhaps they should be held accountable.
And perhaps the only way that it stops, their efforts to poison our very democracy and rip us apart, is if there's going to be some accountability.
But the reality is, in America, no one is above the law. Presidents aren't above the law. Governors, mayors aren't above the law, certainly, members of the United States Senate.
Well, there's nothing more important to the fabric of our democracy than the integrity of our free and fair elections. It's at the core of who we are in the United States of America as a democratic republic, one person, one vote.
At some point, they should just take yes for an answer, do something meaningful for the American people.
We are urging them to come to the negotiating table in a serious way, so we can enact a meaningful and transformative response.
Transparency is going to be important as relates to the President's health and well-being and his condition moving forward.
COVID-19 can touch anyone. Whether you're black or white or Latino or Asian or Native American, it doesn't matter. Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter.
Giving the American people an opportunity to weigh in on such an important matter is every legislator's paramount duty, and given how consequential Justice Scalia's replacement will be, it would be irresponsible for the Senate to confirm…
Donald Trump has weaponized the intelligence community, and he's also weaponized the Department of Homeland Security, all connected to him being a master of deception and misinformation.
That statement that you just played, Ari, from Barr is one of the most dangerous statements that any attorney general has ever made, because it is so clearly wrong, based on the facts, the data and the evidence.
Well, we're going to continue to defend our democracy and make sure that we can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in a meaningful and transformational way. That will remain our top priority.
Unfortunately, it appears that Donald Trump, the Trump campaign, and his allies within the administration are trying to run away from that reality and/or systematically cover it up.
In 2016, Russia interfered in that election in sweeping and systematic fashion, and the Trump campaign welcomed that assistance.





