He set the date. He arranged the time. He launched the mob. And then, when the mob was launched, he didn’t even have respect for his own vice president.

if the Republican Party becomes the party of Trumpistas, if the Republican Party is not willing to call out this kind of behavior... that does not bode well for a healthy Republican Party that we need to have to continue a two-party…

Do we really want to say that standard is now acceptable behavior, not only for Donald Trump, but for future presidents? I hope not.

I pray that testimony may have some of my Republican colleagues rethink how they`re going to vote, rethink who they are and what they`re going to stand for.

I would say to my Republican colleagues you will not find a smarter, better partner than Neera Tanden.

I strongly believe checks ought to go out. I think they ought to be targeted in a fairer way.

I hope that you will be willing to conduct a full review of the Army Corps work plans to make sure that we can get back to a fair evaluation.

I ask unanimous consent to yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise in strong support of the nomination of Avril Haines to be Director of National Intelligence. Let me speak for a few moments, but I want to first of all thank members of particularly the Intelligence Committee on both sides of the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session and the Intelligence Committee be discharged from further consideration of PN 78-10, the nomination of Avril Haines to be Director of National Intelligence; that the…

I want to echo what Senator Reed has said about the SolarWinds hack.

Our opponent is not the Chinese people. Our opponent is not Chinese Americans. But our opponent is the Chinese Communist Party.

I think also one of the things that has been clear from the Intelligence Community... this White House underplay the attribution on Russia.

Thank you very much for being willing to move this hearing quickly and efficiently.

Under Dan's leadership, we brought that down to about 200,000 today.

It is a Committee that all of us who are part of it are very proud of the work product and the way we operate.

I think it is important that we are clear-eyed about China.

This Capitol was stormed by insurrectionists, which included a whole series of violent right-wing extremist groups.

I hope that we can get your commitment to sustain and enhance the focus and the collection priorities on the threats and challenges that we face.

We expect honest, complete, and timely answers.

Unfortunately, President Trump was never willing to sign the executive order to fully implement that.

I think like most of us, I am still pretty reeling from what happened today. What I was going to talk about was the work I am most proud of since I have been here, with my good friend Richard Burr and all the members of the Intelligence…

I agree. I strongly supported each of the five whistleblower protection provisions in the IAA. It is my intent to keep fighting for them so that they are on next year's IAA and are passed into law.

I thank the Senator from Oregon. I agree that the report required by the IAA on PPD-28 is critically important and central to the committee's oversight responsibilities. I share the Senator's dismay that this provision was modified in this…

I rise today out of grave concern with the direction of the Senate as an institution and with the choices being made on behalf of the American people. By almost every account, our economy remains severely wounded by the effects of the…