"We do not exempt Saudi Arabia from that principle simply because we have a longstanding security relationship."
"The Khashoggi case is not just about human rights in Saudi Arabia."
"I am deeply appalled by the ongoing imprisonment of women's rights activists, some of whom have been held in solitary confinement for months and subjected to abuse, including electric shock, flogging,..."
"I also want to thank Mr. Malinowski for his leadership on the Saudi Arabia Human Rights and Accountability Act, and our chair and Ranking Member for allowing the committee to hold Saudi Arabia account..."
"We cannot turn our backs on any circumstances against anyone when there are huge violations of human rights."
"We need to make sure that governments that are in this kind of struggle, we need to speak out and loud in letting them know..."
"To emphasize the importance of alliances, we need to make sure that we strengthen the alliances that we currently have..."
"I think that we are all better off if we put it into diplomacy, and then, trying to make sure that diplomacy is an integral part..."
"Our concerns about human rights abuses in that country... are about America standing up for principles that we apply equally to everybody."
"It says to the Saudi government that they can have a close and enduring relationship with the United States, but they cannot take advantage of that relationship to get away with murder."
"We cannot allow this to become the norm in international relations."