"The number increased 500 percent in 2020, with about 300,000 people in solitary confinement at any one time."
"So, is it my understanding, you don't use compassionate release or recommend compassionate release to people who have a serious risk of illness with COVID-19, you don't use that process at all?"
"Given all the evidence we've seen about successful reintegration through compassionate release during COVID, it seems to me that it makes sense to fully utilize this tool."
"I think we all recognize the value of local broadcasting and what it means and how essential it is for the providing of trustworthy, reliable sources of information and news..."
"It is also to underscore the importance of local broadcasters, who are not only a primary source of trustworthy news and entertainment..."
"There's no question about it, Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation are the aggressors here. Ukraine is a democracy. And the Ukrainians are prepared to fight, to preserve their democracy."
"Vladimir Putin is threatened by Ukraine, because it's a democracy, right on his border."
"We cannot allow Vladimir Putin, or any other dictator, to change the boundaries of a country, by force, and to take on a sovereign country, a democratically-elected government."
"The Ukrainians are seeking help, not only for the United States, but from many of their European allies, both in terms of weapons systems, and ammunition, and all the things you need to fight."
"The fact that we are unified that he heard the message, from NATO, and the European allies, the United States, that we are all on the same page, that if he takes a step, to invade Ukraine, he will suf..."
"The Ukrainians have been dealing with Russian aggression, for a number of years."