Chris Murphy actually said...

"When you go to these parts of the world and say, 'Well, you care about human rights, and you care about democracy, and you care about freedom unless it is some country that is critically important to ..."

"The fact that Russia is now violating its obligations is another sign that under President Putin Russia is operating in a manner that threatens the security of all European states."

"I believe that what Putin has done here has actual, maybe not in the short term, but in the mid to longer term, real consequences for Russia economically."

"This is important, so we want to be able to get the nominees that were underlying in the business meeting through."