Ben Cardin actually said...

"I want you to know how deeply we feel that because of the importance of the Magnitsky Act and everything you have done on that."

"How should we deal with that?"

"I also would like to commend you for your leadership on the Sergei Magnitsky Act and the Global Magnitsky bill."

"There has to be some progress there or I cannot justify to taxpayers, no matter how deeply moved I am about the circumstances there, that we are going to continue to pour money into a black hole where..."