It is good that more people are standing up and recognizing that Vladimir Putin is a war criminal that we have to put the most crushing of sanctions against Russia that we can.

Those comments are extraordinarily disgraceful, and they were frankly disgraceful at the time because any person who was in elected office or close to elected office had a very clear understanding of Vladimir Putin`s aggressive means by…

The threat of Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine is nothing new.

But we can do two things at the same time and it is imperative as well and vitally important that we have this hearing today to talk about potential war crimes.

This is one of the most extraordinary hearings I've participated in in terms of just the valuable information that the witnesses are providing.

When they publish clear disinformation, such as the account of the Foreign Ministry of Russia, claiming that the people that were hurt or killed in the attack on the maternity ward were crisis actors, this is not only false--demonstrably…

And from a congressional standpoint, then I'm curious--perhaps an important place for us to followup is how those videos, while taken down, might be saved in some sort of repository and made available.

I actually do believe he has ordered things which have been war crimes.

We can't just say never again. We have to ensure never again.

Vladimir Putin has not only invaded a sovereign democracy but his actions threaten the framework of our modern international order laid out after World War II.

Ukrainians and Russians alike must know more than anyone that the rest of the world is watching and will not let such crimes go unpunished.