Edward Markey actually said...

"I commend Mr. Sabet for rising to meet this moment."

"It is incumbent upon us to engage unequivocally at the senior most political levels of the government to express our concerns."

"Thank you, Madam Chair and Ranking Member Portman. I am pleased to introduce an accomplished and acclaimed son of Massachusetts, Bijan Sabet, President Biden's nominee to be the United States Ambassad..."

"Human rights, media freedom, and the rule of law, are not nice-to-haves in Hungary--or anywhere else."