WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) delivered (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w57HZLEV1mI) a prebuttal address on the Senate floor ahead of the State of the Union, calling out how President Trump has not just failed to improve the state of our union, but has actively degraded it.

In his remarks, Schiff enumerated ten ways the president has torn down our nation: denigrating our allies and alliances; undermining truth, science, education, and expertise; sabotaging climate and energy stability; making America less safe at home; politicizing and weaponizing government institutions; cutting funding to health and research institutions; eroding the rule of law; d...