Barbara Boxer actually said...

"What will happen to that amount of money? where will it go? who will have control over it in the U.S. Government?"

"I want to see a strong and productive United States relationship with Russia."

"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."