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I hope that [Thomas] will voluntarily appear, and if not, we should consider subpoenas for him and others, like Harlan Crow, who have information.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
We need a fight in The Congress, and I ’m prepared to conduct that fight, others are as well, and ultimately the American people deserve to know where each of us stands on common sense gun violence prevention.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I can’t predict it’ll be in the next couple of weeks, or the next couple of months, but if you listen, you will hear a mounting consensus and a demand from the American public that we need to act in a bipartisan way.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The long and short is the Saudis need to come to their senses, they have committed a humongous blunder very much against their own economic and security interests as well as ours. The only apparent purpose of this cut in oil supplies is to help the Russians and harm Americans. It was unprovoked and unforced as an error.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I'm not a physician, but I believe he is healthy, based on what I've seen and heard — no, I'm not here to be an expert — but the information that I've received is he's perfectly healthy and capable of serving the United States Senate.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I'm going to be very blunt and very honest with you. My focus is totally on this November.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The common ground that I think we share and many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle share : Keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, but through due process.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I hope the President will decide to adopt this stance voluntarily and he hasn't taken it off the table on the state-sponsored terrorism.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The survivors rightly felt that The FBI totally bungled this investigation, which, by the way, the Department of Justice acknowledged.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think he came to us in good faith, but he is late to this issue.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Big Tech claims that Big Tech simply presides over an open and free market, but in a truly free market the same party can't represent the seller, the buyer, make the rules, and conduct the auction, and that is unacceptable in a free enterprise system -- it hurts consumers and it hurts competition.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Republicans are coming to terms with the fact that their position on reproductive choice is widely out of step with the American public, this is going to be a deeply unpopular decision. It is going to have significant ramifications for Republicans.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Judge Jackson and the future Justice Jackson has nothing to do with numbers of members on the Supreme Court, she will be in no way involved in determining or influencing that decision. So, very justifiably, she said that she had nothing to do with it.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Big Tech has brazenly failed children and betrayed Big Tech trust, putting profits above safety.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Big Tech and their armies of lobbyists and allies have sought to make this an issue of encryption, it's not about encryption.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think there is a need for a clean break, a new era and greater independence.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Congress must seize this historic moment — a pivotal turning point for reining in Big Tech, having seen Big Tech's harms and abuses, in our hearings and their own lives, Americans are ready for action — and results.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We failed to separate from the chain of command certain key substantive decisions about the procedure, but also a whole raft of crimes that are related to sexual assault.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I'm here to honor the great tradition of activism and standing up for individual workers that is represented by the three honorees here.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This kind of back channel for the President's personal attorney, a political operative ought to... deeply alarm and frighten America because it in essence, weaponizes law enforcement and the Department of Justice as a political tool.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Pardon me for seeming somewhat cavalier about it, but were talking about an impeachment trial. Nothing we do as senators will be more important.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
This is every Americans worst nightmare, attacked and then being subjected to criminal proceedings in a foreign country, we want fair and transparent proceedings.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I am deeply concerned that these vintage aircraft, decades old, some of them having been involved in crashes before, are still flying, until we know exactly what caused this crash, a major tragedy, whether it was a defect in the machine or some problem with maintenance or flying. There should be very serious scrutiny over these planes before theyre allowed back in the air.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We had (a) serious, substantive conversation even when we may have differed.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
A financial settlement is no substitute for strict reforms that will stop Google and other tech companies from invading our privacy, i continue to be alarmed by Big Tech's policies and practices that invade children's lives.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This needs to empower and embolden the athletes who should feel they can come forward without fear of retaliation, and without intimidation.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
You can't simply unleash the monster and say it's too big to control, the hourglass has run out.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Our goal is simple and straightforward - stopping President Trump from putting a 'For Sale' sign in Russian on the door to the Oval Office.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The triumph today is really a lesson from Sujitno and his family, never give up. Never back down. Never give up, because the fight is worth it.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
( Mueller's) letter was an extraordinary act, a career prosecutor rebuking the attorney general of the United States, memorializing in writing, i know of no other instance of that happening.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
According to the Attorney General, The Special Counsel concluded that the evidence fell short of a prosecutable criminal conspiracy, which involves a high bar of proof beyond a reasonable doubt -- but reached no such conclusion on the obstruction of justice issue. On obstruction of justice, The Special Counsel tossed a jump ball, and the Attorney General tipped it to President Donald Trump, but shared none of the information supporting his conclusion.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Words have consequences like saying we have an invasion on our border and talking about people as though they were different in some fatal way, i think that the public discourse from the president on down is a factor in some of these actions.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I really feel strongly that we should build on California.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Privacy is all the rage. Bipartisan. But as frequently happens, the devil is in the details.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This aircraft model represents only a small fraction of the domestic fleet, and several other countries have already taken this important step.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
This bill is about guaranteeing every individual their day in court.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Our legislation would guarantee that every special counsel does a report complete with findings and evidence -- and that it be directly disclosed to Congress and the American people, a report would be required whenever a special counsel finishes the investigation, is fired, or resigns, assuring that the results can not be sealed or selectively censored.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
A special counsel is appointed only in very rare serious circumstances involving grave violations of public trust, the public has a right and need to know the facts of such betrayals of public trust.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
When we've said to ourselves on the Armed Services Committee or in the Senate that we were deeply disturbed and worried about a petulant and unpredictable administration, we could reassure ourselves and the nation that there was a strong and stable expert, a patriot, in the position of standing between The President and the use of military force.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The world deserves an explanation, not from the Saudis, who evidently are making every effort to insulate and shield Crown Prince, but from an international inquiry.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I believe that( Kavanaugh's) nomination is going to be tainted. It will be stained by a badly broken process that has shattered the norm and broken the tradition Senate Judiciary.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Paul Manafort today faces, in effect, a life sentence. Michael Cohen should also face serious punishment for Michael Cohen crimes. Both should now cooperate -- truthfully and fully.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We're likely to see a firestorm of resistance from the President of the United States.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
He would be screaming to the world,' I am guilty !' And he would so undermine the credibility of his office that it would be a disaster for the nation, it would very possibly be an obstruction of justice because he would be misusing that power to protect himself as a target of that investigation.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Michael Cohen pleads guilty could not accept Michael Cohen's plea agreement unless Michael Cohen pleads guilty believe Michael Cohen.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Michael Cohen pleads guilty're in a Watergate moment. Michael Cohen pleads guilty need bipartisanship now more than ever to protect the special counsel and to stop, and I must underscore stop, any consideration of pardons.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It would very possibly be an obstruction of justice because he would be misusing that power to protect himself as a target of that investigation.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
A confirmation of this historic magnitude... the American people should have a voice.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
New revelations that Facebook provided access to users' personal information, including religion, political preferences, and relationship status, to dozens of mobile device manufacturers without users' explicit consent are deeply concerning.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The President is not above the law, and an indictment -- if that's the course that Robert Mueller chooses to go -- I believe would be upheld by the courts.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It's an issue that has never been resolved, and that way there is a Department of Justice opinion to the contrary, i happen to think that he could be indicted even if the trial is postponed.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
What we are seeing repeatedly - and these nominations are part of a pattern - is the administration's attempts to radically re-shape our judiciary and remake the bench in the image of the far-right fringe of the Republican Party.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It endangers methods and sources of the intelligence community.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I have misspoken about my service, and I regret that, and I take full responsibility.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
Ultimately, there may be subpoenas to the President of the United States, just as occurred in 1973 precipitating 'United States v. Nixon' and the similar firing of a special prosecutor, so what's needed now is an independent counsel and special prosecutor.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
Without that published report, and without the free press telling us a lot of what went on, Michael Flynn might still be sitting in the White House as national security adviser.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
There’s a reason they call it the nuclear option, and that is that there’s fallout—and this fallout will be dangerously and perhaps disastrously radioactive for the Senate in years to come.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
If you fail to be explicit and forthcoming and definite in your responses, we have to assume that you will pass the Trump litmus test.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
What we've seen over the past years is a trend toward mammoth beer behemoths in our market and the result has not been a happy one for many consumers, i would urge the Department of Justice to think beyond the divestiture that has been proposed.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm deeply troubled by evidence that shows that neither providers nor consumers benefit( from consolidation).
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What I can share with Joseph Swedish is that there are many new players who have entered the market.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Rejecting this agreement is fraught with unacceptable risk. Our formal negotiation partners and allies have signaled clearly that they are not coming back to the table -- a point confirmed in my conversations and meetings. There is no better deal available now.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
If the cloture (procedural) vote becomes in effect the opportunity to vote in support of the agreement, I will vote in favor of closing debate.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
While this is not the agreement I would have accepted at the negotiating table, it is better than no deal at all.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Many of these crimes were committed in the United States, which is especially disturbing.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Every year we lose hundreds of lives at highway-rail grade crossings -- each is a tragedy, and each is a heartbreaking reminder that our rail-grade crossings are based on technology and practices from the 19th century, we need to do everything we can to ensure we're using 21st century technology to protect drivers from these dangers.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Inward-facing cameras, with the right privacy protections for employees, are a critical way to make our railroads safer, cameras improve accident investigations, deter unsafe behavior, and detect compliance with safety laws, which is why I have urged their installation as soon as possible.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If the FCC fails to address this issue of spectrum more effectively, Congress will have to act.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The practice of steering involves jeopardy to the consumer because of the concern about parts, safety concerns are raised by this practice of steering because often it involves the use of parts that may be salvaged or inferior or even counterfeit and that is a real urgent and imminent safety concern for the consumer who may have no idea what the origin of the parts are, who made them, or even whether they're installed properly.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I believe strongly that federal watchdog agencies have a role in protecting consumers because serious safety concerns are raised by this practice of steering often involving the use of inferior or even salvaged or counterfeit parts.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I have been concerned for years about it and why I think the Department of Justice should be investigating, i believe strongly that federal watchdog agencies have a role in protecting consumers because serious safety concerns are raised by this practice of steering often involving the use of inferior or even salvaged or counterfeit parts.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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