I think when people voted for Donald Trump, they realized he owned a lot of stuff with his name on it. I think the concern over conflict of interest seems to be higher in the media than the public. People saying, oh, he has to sell all of his stuff.

We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we've cut every penny from corporate welfare.

I'll do anything to try to prevent John Bolton from getting any position, because I think his world view is naive. He believes we're going to spread democracy. We're going to topple governments everywhere and they're going to elect Thomas Jefferson. That's not the way it works in the Middle East.

I'll tell you what a weakness is of this country [the USA]: there are a lot of people who are sick and tired because Washington does not play by the same rules that the American people have to play by.

I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate.

Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer

If there were an ounce of courage in this body I would be joined by other senators… saying they will not tolerate this.