"Speaker Mike Johnson is correct: Putin will not stop in Ukraine and threatens, really, the security of all of Europe."
"A country that has shown contempt for international law to the point where its president has been indicted as a war criminal should not enjoy the benefit of international legal protections."
"Ukraine needs those assets now."
"It would be a cruel irony to deny Ukraine the lifesaving benefit of these assets by invoking precedents for Russia's sovereignty and property rights when Russia is blatantly violating Ukraine's basic ..."
"I am grateful to be an original co-sponsor of the REPO--R-E-P-O--Act, which would enable the president to confiscate Russian sovereign assets."
"I think what Russia is doing is a violation of international law and needs to be condemned at every opportunity possible."
"War criminal Putin has committed murderous atrocities against Ukrainians, including torture, systematic rape, and indiscriminate bombing of civilians."
"We need to get the money there as quickly as possible, and continue the war, and supply the Ukrainians with the military that they need to win this war."
"Janet Yellen said in October that she supports using some of the Russian--some of the income generated by the immobilized Russian assets to help Ukraine."
"They will be made to pay."
"I think I know the answer, but did not Russia confiscate some assets of American companies--like airplanes and things like that?"