I was not a real fan of the 2017 tax reform. I in the end voted for it because I think we needed a more competitive tax system.

We want to solve the problem. But you have to start with securing the border and under the Trump administration we were so close to accomplishing that.

The United States supports Georgia's EU and NATO ambitions and condemns Russia's continued illegal occupation of the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

to me it is pretty obvious that their main problem is the problem that has been around since the Russian invasion

I think we undervalue sometimes what the U.S. Senate can do.

Georgia is a valued, dependable, and strategically significant friend and partner of the United States.

When that is your threat, you should not be creating a domestic political crisis.

So we have voter oppression and intimidation, which is hard to nail down, hard to prove, hard to adjudicate.

Which just underscores Georgia's main problem right now is Russia.

No system is perfect, but the United States and Georgia share the goal of strengthening our democracies and improving public confidence in our elections.

Democracy is hard. There is no election that is perfect.

Isn't that key? Don't you need an election commission that is completely impartial, nonpartisan or at least--there is partisanship everywhere, but at least you have a balance between one party and the other party so that nobody feels that…

There were no racial undertones to my comments.

A very few didn't share the jovial, friendly earnest demeanor the great majority, some obviously didn't fit in and he describes four different types of people, plainclothes militants, agents provocateurs, fake Trump protesters and then…

Now, had the tables been turning, Joe this got me in trouble. Had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters. I might have been a little…

I`m also criticized because I`ve made the comment that on January 6, I never felt threatened, because I didn`t.

The Federal Government has a hard time keeping pace.

I am highly concerned that we are making our electrical grid even more vulnerable to these types of attacks.

I think it is one of the reasons we helped facilitate the passage and now hopefully the appointment of a National Cyber Director so that we have somebody in charge, somebody who can be held accountable, and somebody who can enforce that…

We are just not recognizing how vulnerable we are.

I think it is the accumulation of power.

I knew those are people that love this country that truly respect law enforcement would never do anything to break a law. So I wasn't concerned. Now, had the tables been turning, Joe, this got me in trouble, had the tables been turned, and…

I think there is an awful lot of areas of potential agreement here on this particular issue.

I`m also criticized because I`ve made the comment that on January 6th I never felt threatened, because I didn`t. And mainly because I knew that even though those thousands of people, there were marching the Capitol, were trying to pressure…

On January 6th, I never felt threatened. I knew those were people that loved this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law and so I wasn`t concerned. Now, had the tables been turned, Joe, this…