I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.

Mitch McConnell is a professional arm twister. He's done this for many years. He has a lot of power in his caucus.

I think people forget that when people lose Medicaid coverage, they still show up at the hospital when they have a chronic illness or a traumatic impact on their health. And those bills are paid by the hospital who then passes those costs on. They do not have a magic fairy paying the bills for people who show up without insurance. Those bills are passed on to all the people in our country that do have insurance. That's why this bill is not going to break the cycle of higher premiums - because we're going to have fewer people insured.

For Vladimir Putin to be trying to impact our elections, that - we have to - there has to be - he has to be held accountable.

I'm going to wait for the confirmation hearings. I'm familiar with General [John Francis ] Kelly because of my work on the Armed Services Committee. I think he is a fine general and I want to make sure that he has a handle on some of the complicated issues that are contained within Homeland Security.

For Donald Trump to dismiss out of hand the intelligence community's fact gathering is, frankly - doesn't bode well for him protecting our country.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.