Janice Schakowsky actually said...

The Nazarbayev regime has employed authoritarian methods to threaten and silence the witnesses who will testify today.

This is an unacceptable way to treat an opposition leader.

No democracy, especially the United States government and this Congress, should tolerate such conduct.

What happened as we celebrated our Independence Day should be a wake up call to Congress to step up, fulfill its duty, and pass legislation ...