"Hate speech has consequences. Distortion of the truth has consequences."
"Vaccination denial would have cost millions of more lives in America: 1.1 million fellow Americans are dead today because of the pandemic."
"My friend from South Carolina said he was going to simplify it for the American people. I think he succeeded, so simple as to be unrecognizable."
"If we are going to talk about Ukraine and Burisma, let us remember that the President of the United States, not Joe Biden, Donald J. Trump, was impeached over a phone call to the president of Ukraine ..."
"This year marks the 25th anniversary of the original signing of the International Religious Freedom Act, 25 years of protecting a human right that is fundamental to the history of the United States."
"We work on individual cases of oppression. We often get notified in the late hours of the night or the early morning that there are individuals who are being persecuted or who have been arrested or wr..."
"It would be funny to watch this bad argument fall apart if it were not such a waste of time."
"This hearing does not meet those standards because what powerful people are we holding to account here?"
"This hearing is not about putting up guardrails, it is about ripping away a safety net."
"Our fight in Ukraine is a fight for democracy and for the global system of trade, peace, and the rule of law that we all rely on."
"America is stronger with our allies and partners, not when we are isolated and weak."
"Ukraine is a democracy. Russia is an authoritarian regime that is trying to conquer and overtake a democracy."