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Lindsey Graham

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Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.

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Jul 13, 2025

Putin has calculated that we would get tired and Europe would get weary. He made a huge mistake.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

The idea of America selling weapons to help Ukraine is very much in play.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

This is truly a sledgehammer available to President Trump to end this war.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

This congressional package that we're looking at would give President Trump the ability to impose 500% tariffs on any country that helps Russia, and props up Putin's war machine.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

(Blumenthal) and I have got 85 co-sponsors in the United States Senate for congressional sanctions with a sledgehammer available to President Trump to go after Putin’s economy and all those countries who prop up the Putin war machine.

cnn.com
Jul 13, 2025

Congress is on the verge of passing the most consequential sanction package in the history of the country.

cnn.com
Jul 13, 2025

I expect in the coming days you will see weapons flowing at a record level to help Ukraine defend themselves.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

I expect, in the coming days, you will see weapons flowing at a record level to help Ukraine defend themselves.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

I don't think there's any desire by anybody to send people who helped us in Afghanistan back to the Taliban control.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

We're going to clean that mess up.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

I expect in the coming days more support from Europe regarding their efforts to help Ukraine.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

A turning point regarding Russia invasion of Ukraine is coming.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

I expect in the coming days, you will see weapons flowing at a record level to help Ukraine defend themselves.

cbsnews.com
Jul 13, 2025

He can dial it up or down. He can go to 0%, to 500%. He has maximum flexibility.

cbsnews.com
Jul 4, 2025

If you’re buying products from Russia and you’re not helping Ukraine, then there’s a 500% tariff on your products coming to the United States.

nypost.com
Jun 30, 2025

I'm not the first chairman to change a baseline for different reasons.

newsweek.com
Jun 30, 2025

This has been acknowledged by Republicans and Democrats.

newsweek.com
Jun 30, 2025

as to being weary, I feel great. I have never felt better. I have been wanting to do this for, like, a long time, and our ship is about in. So I am a very happy Budget chair. As to what we are talking about right now, we are not overruling…

govinfo.gov
Jun 30, 2025

I’m the king of the numbers.

msnbc.com
Jun 30, 2025

CBO tells us that if we adopt current policy for taxes, we will save $507 billion. The deficit will go down by $507 billion if we do this. In 2012, I was here. The Bush tax cuts were going to expire in December of 2012. President Obama sat…

govinfo.gov
Jun 29, 2025

Totally! Judge shopping needs to stop. We need to have a system where if you’re going to enjoin policy for the nation, it’s done at a higher level than a single judge for the left or the right.

breitbart.com
Jun 29, 2025

What happened? What are we talking about? A single federal court district judge has been able to enjoin policy for the nation, and Amy Coney Barrett said that the equitable powers of a federal judge have limits.

breitbart.com
Jun 28, 2025

the debate and eventual voting on the Big Beautiful Bill has begun. Hallelujah. It has taken a while for us to get here, but we are going to have a debate worthy of a great country. We will have what they think and what we think, and we…

govinfo.gov
Jun 28, 2025

If you like higher taxes, open borders, a weak military and unchecked government spending, this bill is your nightmare.

usatoday.com

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