Ed Markey actually said...

"I want to discuss our own complicity in contributing to the financial engine powering Putin's destabilizing behavior, our addiction to Russian oil in the United States."

"Well, then, from my perspective, check the box exercises aren't enough. This needs to be a process that takes into account the accuracy of those plans, not just the completion of those plans."

"Otherwise, we wind up closing the barn door after the horse is out, gone, and died of old age."

"Aye."