Chris Van Hollen actually said...

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...

It is false equivalence to draw a comparison between the democratic system in the United States with all its imperfections, but nevertheless...

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

Thank you for being here to tell the truth, even at great personal risk.