Barbara Boxer actually said...

"We are calling on the Russian authorities to immediately release the two imprisoned band members, Marie Alekhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova."

"This is the face of the repression in Putin's Russia. It is 5-year-olds taken from their mothers because of 1-minute rock performances."

"Russia's partnership on a number of issues does not preclude us from taking a hard look at what appears to be a systematic crackdown on internationally recognized basic freedoms."

"We urge the United States to take notice of what is happening in Russia, of how we're slipping backwards, not towards progress, but toward repression."