Do you agree with me that the foundation of democracy is political parties, and when one political party is compromised, all of us are compromised?

Putin is up to no good and he better be stopped.

Lindsey Graham said he wants to throw not a pebble at Russia as Barack Obama did, but a rock at Russia, in response to this hacking.

I intend to support him, but he needs to explain to the American people why.

Not only should he ignore Julian Assange, he should condemn him for what he's done to our country.

One of the greatest attributes of any Ambassador I think is loyalty.

If you can survive South Carolina politics, you can handle Switzerland.

You can be pro-Israel and criticize the Government or the policies of any particular government.

The pro-Israel community, the American Jewish community is divided like every other group in America.

I think most of us agree that when the U.N. has 20 resolutions against Israel for their settlement policy and six against the world at large, they have sort of lost their way.

When Mr. McMullen speaks, the President will listen.

If we don't push back against Putin, Iran and China, they could hack into our systems. Today, it's Democrats. Tomorrow, it could be Republicans.

There are a hundred United States senators. Amy Klobuchar is on this trip with us. I would say that 99 of us believe the Russians did this. And we're going to do something about it.

There's no doubt in my mind that Russia hacked into our political systems, that it was Russian groups that hacked into Podesta's email, the DNC. They hacked into my campaign account.

We're going to hit you and hit you hard. I'm going to introduce sanctions that will be bipartisan, that names Putin as an individual, his inner circle, for not only hacking into our political systems, but trying to destabilize democracy…

Right on cue, so I will start off here. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for a colloquy between myself and the Senator from South Carolina. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with Senator McCain when he arrives. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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