I congratulate Slovakia on the election of your new president, Zuzana Caputova on Saturday.

I commend my colleagues from the Helsinki Commission, including Co-Chairman Wicker, for their service in leadership roles.

As my colleagues, Senators Wicker and Cardin, wrote in the Woodrow Wilson Quarterly last fall, the OSCE's mission is as important as ever.

The American public very much wants to see the full Mueller report. The Congress wants to see the full Mueller report. They want to know what is in there about the Russians interfering with our elections and if there is anything in there…

And is it possible that there is something in there that might amount to a coverup of knowledge of what the Russians were doing which would not amount to a conspiracy?

President Trump then issued a pardon to pardon Sheriff Arpaio of contempt and to take away the court's ability to enforce its orders.

Before I recognize the chair for his statement, I do want to mention that President Obama, in my opinion, didn't give enough pardons, or commutations, to people with drug cases.

Since Watergate, it has been clear that the President can't abuse his powers to place himself above the law.

The fundamental purpose of the pardon power is to ensure fairness and proportionality in our criminal justice system and to provide a check against miscarriages of justice.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and Merritt's mother.

What we are discussing is one of the most important documents that will ever be produced and given, potentially, to Congress for the American people in our modern history: a question of whether or not this administration was involved with…

Today I learned that John Kilzer, a friend, an important figure in Memphis and in the music community, passed away. John Kilzer was 62 years old. He was born in Jackson, Tennessee, up the road from Memphis, but he lived most of his life in…