Chris Murphy actually said...

"We owe it to ourselves and to everybody to exhaust the possible remedies that the diplomatic process might provide."

"One of them clearly is to reestablish control over what he calls the 'near abroad.'"

"If this is ultimately just a geopolitical battle between the United States and Russia over Ukraine, we lose."

"if Russia gets away with this extraterritorial incursion into Crimea without consequences and without serious, crippling consequences, then that sends a message to other countries that may be consider..."