Jim Webb: “Senator Webb, a Democrat from Virginia, compared it to 'the old Soviet Union.'”

I have been in a number of meetings where each of you took us to the woodshed about needing to try harder.

Senator Webb, your efforts with respect to Burma have played an essential role in this regard.

However, the administrative process which is the specific topic of your hearing today, is subject to unreasonable delays, lacks clear guidance and is expensive.

If we stand for anything as a country, then we would have an obligation to declare those sorts of acts of a magnitude that we would not recognize the validity of that government.