Lindsey Graham

Twenty-nine percent is not reorganizing and it is not reforming; it's gutting.

I believe that the proposed 2018 budget basically destroys soft power as we know it and I hope we're wise enough to push back.

If we tried to cut the military budget by 29 percent, people would go crazy.

Freedom is perhaps the clearest expression of national purpose ever adopted, and it is America's purpose.

Building democracy at home and supporting democratic institutions abroad is the continuation of heroic work.

The best case I can make is I cannot remember a war between two democracies.

General Clapper, during your investigation of all things Russia, did you ever find a situation where a Trump business interest in Russia gave you concern?

Is it fair to say we need to stop them from doing this?

Do you stand by your testimony that there is an active investigation, counterintelligence investigation regarding Trump campaign individuals and the Russian government as to whether or not they collaborated?

Was there a FISA warrant issued regarding Carter Page's activity with the Russians?

But you won't tell me about Carter Page?

I think the Democrats cleaned our clock. I think, you know, there are things in this bill that I just don't understand. This was not winning from the Republican point of view.

We need to reshape the relationship in a way that is sustainable.

I don't think they got what they bargained for from Mr. Morsi and I don't think they are getting what they bargained for or hoped for from the current regime.

I want to have a good relationship with Egypt.

A 29 percent cut to the State Department is just unacceptable.

What does it matter to us if Egypt becomes a failed state? Because that is what I fear the most.

I appreciate what the Egyptian Government did with Aya Hijazi. Clearly, I think they were trumped up charges.

It is also true that American NGOs and employees, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute, have been convicted in Egyptian court of being spies.

I think our foreign policy would benefit from a more rational allocation of foreign aid spending.

They are helping with Hamas in a historic fashion.

I want to make sure it is a good investment and I want to understand what we are investing in.

It is important enough for us to care about the relationship, to try to make sure the relationship is going in the right direction.

We would win ultimately, but it would be extremely costly in the near term.

No good choices left, but if there is a war today, it is over there.