I continue to be opposed to BRAC.

So that one has been delayed, and it has been delayed from 2015 to 2018.

It is hard for me to see how this measure actually is any more provocative than what he is doing in Ukraine today.

The West should be fully able to meet this challenge.

I certainly agree with that. We have sent mixed signals, and I would hope that Ukraine would know that we are behind them 100 percent.

Well, thank you all very much for your compelling testimony and for your continued focus on Ukraine.

Ukraine must reform. I have focused on the case for arming Ukraine because without this there will not be a country to rebuild.

What we are seeing is a dramatic situation where all these gains might be reversed.

the importance of providing military assistance to Ukraine, including defensive lethal weapons and light antiarmor weapons

A serious strategic decision to stand by Ukraine with support... would demonstrate to our allies that this was a serious strategy.

The Russian people and the world demand a transparent investigation into Mr. Nemtsov's murder and I sincerely hope we will see that.

Getting this strategy right will require firmness, patience, and solidarity with U.S. allies and friends in Europe.

the absence and the clarity of the fact that we will not provide them weapons actually undermines their hand at the negotiating table.

Only the swift and the immediate action of the United States Government to train and equip the Ukrainians can stop Putin's strategy to deconstruct the transatlantic architecture.

Even as we focus here on the Russian Federation's outward aggression, clearly we cannot ignore the repression that is happening inside Russia.

Russia's actions in Ukraine and its more confrontational approach present a serious challenge to the United States, Europe, and the West.

Ukraine is a sovereign independent nation that is under attack from a neighbor.

Ukraine has an essential right to be able to defend itself, and us standing back and not supporting it... carries a heavy strategic and moral burden.