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

If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is a crime where there is not consent. It is a felony. And we need to start making sure victims understand that, so they don't do the self blame.

I was really shocked after all of this talk about coal miners and all of this talk about Buy America, the Republicans and the House of Representatives gutted health care and pension protections for coal miners and removed the Buy America provision that had been put in the bill in a bipartisan basis.

There are people who have legitimate concerns about false accusations and the impact that can have on a young person's life when they have been falsely accused. Kirsten [Gillibrand] and I are not unaware that that is an issue we need to be concerned about, and that's why we have made changes in the legislation to address not just the rights of the victim, the accuser, but also of the accused.

My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.

I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

The price of a college education should never include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted.