My fear is, now he sees the political winds turning against him, and he's going to try to interfere in the 2026 election, something a year ago I didn't think would be possible.

This is uncharted territory, and yet you've got the president's own words, in many ways, raising concerns, because he says, well, gosh, we Republicans ought to take over elections in 15 states.

I am here today to honor a remarkable diplomat and dear friend, Ambassador Kevin Rudd, as he prepares to leave his post as Australian Ambassador to the United States. I first got to know Kevin and his wife Therese over a decade ago. But…

The vast majority of the drug – particularly – this is all cocaine. This is not fentanyl. The vast majority is actually in the Eastern Pacific, yet most of the strikes have been in the Caribbean.

We have got a crisis that hits as of Monday, tomorrow. Because that's when people have to sign up.

The president needs to make the case if he's going to try to put boots on the ground in Venezuela.

Fix the crisis right now. Extend the subsidies, and then let's debate how we fix it.

The idea of these two survivors hanging on to remnants of a boat, and then America taking a series of additional strikes. The Congress needs to see it, at the very minimum.

I think pulling out without a plan would be a mistake, but the president, again, has sent mixed signals.

The idea that a one-time $1,500 payment into your pocket is going to suddenly make up – I had a person on – the other day, her current insurance is $544 a month.

The president needs to come and explain to the American people what the goal is here.

I think the president needs to make the case if he's going to try to put boots on the ground in Venezuela.

I think the president needs to make the case if he's going to try to put boots on the ground in Venezuela.

The vast majority is actually in the Eastern Pacific, yet most of the strikes have been in the Caribbean.

The president has not – and, frankly, Pete Hegseth even worse. Here's the guy who goes out and brags about the strikes, until there's controversy, and then he kind of runs for the hills.

I want to see the written execution order. I want to see the legal opinion that was about this specific strike.

Ms. Machado is a hero. She deserves to win the Nobel Prize. And one of the mistakes the Biden administration made last year... was not put more pressure on Maduro then to leave.

This would be a complete capitulation and that's why I think you're hearing from Congress, both sides, people pushing back ... It feels like this was a plan that they took almost entirely from the Russians.

I think the president is seeing this one-sided plan kind of blow up in his face with pushback from the Ukrainians, from the Europeans, from members of Congress of his own party.

My reaction is it's awful. It would make Neville Chamberlain's giving in to Hitler outside of World War II looks strong in comparison.

2 months ago, I came to this floor to warn about the growing politicization of our intelligence community. I laid out in detail how this administration, led by Director of National Intelligence Gabbard, was dismantling the independence…

We hit a new low, what the administration did in the last 24 hours is corrosive not only to our Democracy but downright dangerous for our national security.

Come sit down and let's get this resolved.

I hope it ends it this week. Frankly, I see it from my folks. I was greeting voters yesterday.

Come back and put America first. Sit down and let's get this resolved. It can be done in an hour, using Donald Trump terms.