Chris Hollen actually said...

"I do not think there is any equivalence between a system of government based on the rule of law and democratic elections and a corrupt autocracy that is Vladimir Putin's regime."

"I worry very much about this false equivalence that President Trump has created between the United States and Russia under Vladimir Putin."

"it is important that we always distinguish between actions of the Putin regime and the will of the Russian people."

"I have talked to President Bush personally about this, and he thought it was a miscalculation in terms of looking into Putin's soul, that he regrets that."