Patrick Leahy: “The longest serving member of this Committee, Senator Edward Kennedy, half a dozen or a dozen times was told he could…”

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.

People in the Trump administration who know nothing and care less about these programs are arbitrarily jeopardizing relations with a strategic partner in one of the most challenging regions of the world.

If we can't clearly and unequivocally condemn the actions of white supremacists, or simply acknowledge the January 6, 2021, attack on our Capitol for what it was, an insurrection, we fan the flames of hatred and violence.

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.