I will just make that as a statement for the record.

There is a very clear and extremely troubling double standard in Director Comey's actions. The director owes the American public and Congress a clear explanation of why there is a double standard.

What the Attorney General needs to do is recuse himself for many investigations into connections between Russia and the Trump campaign, the Trump transition and the Trump administration.

The chief national security official for the Trump administration has already had to resign because of lying to federal officials about contacts with the Russian government.

I believe that is the only way we're going to get to the bottom of this, because anybody who's put into the sort of justice department family at this point is going to be a Trump administration appointee.

I think Congress should call him in to resign.

I kind of, in my own mind, use the phrase 'partner.' You used 'partnership.' Partner, not protector, and trying to kind of look at it that way.

I think it is only tenable that we stay with the Iraqi Government's support rather than against their wishes.

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I also rise to oppose the nomination of Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator. To summarize--and then I will go into some detail--Virginians are pro-science people. The political figure we most venerate is still Thomas Jefferson, who was the…

today I am reintroducing the 400 Years of African American History Commission Act. We are 2 years away from a key anniversary in American history. August 2019 will mark 400 years since the first documented arrival of Africans who came to…

There are various indices, including the Economist Intelligence Unit, that measure the state of democracy in countries around the world.

American leadership begins at home, right here.

It is essential that the leaders of the world's greatest democracy issue statements of support and solidarity and, where appropriate, condemnations when grave human rights abuses occur.

I intend to continue to highlight the importance of democracy and human rights as senior State Department nominees come before our committee for consideration.

Democracies are less likely to produce terrorists or weapons of mass destruction because they provide outlets for dissent and they allow for diversity of opinion.

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It is incumbent upon us to explore and explain why the support of emerging democracies should be a core U.S. national interest precisely because it is a national security imperative.

What network should there be around the world that would link the disparate democracies?

America should support democracy and liberty overseas not only because it is the right thing to do, but... also because it is in our economic and security interests as well.

Now and then, you have to negotiate with evil regimes but you do not have to do so without bringing up human rights.

I do not know, is it a lack of self-confidence or something in the democracies of betraying the virtues of the model.

Is not this something that in the end should be looked at as a strength and not a weakness?

The best way to help refugees is to prevent them from becoming refugees in the first place.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to speak on the nomination of Representative Mulvaney to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the matter currently pending before us. I will vote against the nomination because of…