Well, I'm not saying that I believe that the Trump campaign was involved with Russians on this. Frankly, my guess is that they didn't, i wouldn't want to believe that about anybody. But the accusations about the former president wiretapping, that's a serious allegation that you make about somebody. And that's not well-advised. And I would hope that the President would apologize and move on.

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It's tough to imagine politics without John McCain. But we need to go on.

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He serves at the President's pleasure, so The President can fire The President. I sincerely hope that he doesn't. People worry about about the domino — if Attorney General Sessions goes, who's next ? Is it Rod Rosenstein ? Obviously, the President's comments yesterday, The President just keeps going further and further, attorney General Sessions did the right thing to recuse Attorney General Sessions. And for The President to say otherwise just is simply wrong. So I hope that The President stops trying to undermine the credibility of the Department of Justice, and let Attorney General Sessions serve.

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There are typically notes that are taken. I'm assuming that some of the information could only be given in a classified setting so I would think that before the relevant committees, I'm not saying it ought to be done in a public hearing, we at least ought to get access to the notes that the translators keep.

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I have a chapter in there about some doctors that saved my father-in-law. They came from majority-Muslim countries that under the current travel ban, they probably wouldn't be here, so I think we ought to look as Republicans, I hope we are always welcoming of immigrants.

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If you value re-election above all else, then find a way to accommodate the President, i don't know what other message you can draw from what's happened. This is the President's Party.

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It's always' let's wait and get through the midterms and then we'll rein the President in' or' then we'll assert our constitutional prerogatives,' but we've got to be all together now.

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I doubt we ’ll be there the whole time, typically when people smell jet fumes, they find a way to be a little more cooperative.

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The Constitution gives Congress the primary role in regulating trade, and certainly tariffs, not the President, so, the President is using an exemption that was never intended for that purpose.

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This is the first time that a number of senators have actually stood up, a number of Senators from the President's party and said,' No, Jeff Flake can't do that, and we're going to pass legislation to rein this in,' and so that is our prerogative, that's what we should be doing, that's what we should have been doing sooner than now.

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I've said many times, this is a tough party right now for a Republican like me, so, it is tough to get through a primary, if you agree with the President's positions or condone his behavior. So, I just can't do that.

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We were talking specifically about connectivity, but also about the challenges that have come up. Obviously we have had some setbacks.

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The president had this diversion tactic, obviously, with so-called Spygate, there is concern that the president is laying the groundwork to move on Bob Mueller or Rosenstein. If that were to happen, obviously, that would cause a constitutional crisis.

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While I thank Ms. Haspel for Gina Haspel long and dedicated service to the CIA, as a country we need to turn the page on the unfortunate chapter in the agency's history having to do with torture.

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While I thank Ms. Haspel for her long and dedicated service to the CIA, as a country we need to turn the page on the unfortunate chapter in the agency's history having to do with torture.

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When they saw the President and other officials -- the RNC -- backing someone like Roy Moore, too many people are saying,' That's not my party,'.

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I wouldn't gauge what support there is a year-and-a-half from now from what support there is now, certainly, now, Donald Trump party is Donald Trump party. The base is with Donald Trump in a big way. Believe me, we all know. But that's not to say that will hold.

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Fully automatic weapons have been justifiably illegal for civilian use for over 30 years. Any device which circumvents that law by increasing a weapon’s rate of fire from semi-automatic to fully automatic ought to be illegal as well, i am encouraged by the president’s directive... to regulate these devices, but a temporary regulatory fix is no substitute for permanent law.

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But, if there is a problem in the end, and we can't reach that, I think that these Dreamers need to be protected.

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