"Devoting resources to adventurism in foreign policy would seem to be less and less tenable economically."
"We must take a similarly principled stand on Crimea even while currently focused on eastern parts of the country."
"Here is something we could do economically that would really hurt Russia."
"If we do not eliminate the sequester in fiscal year 2016 and out, we clearly do not want you to do anything with respect to military aid to the Ukraine or anyone else."
"You are seeing an impact but it is not yet changing the tactical calculus."
"We have a lot of authorities ourselves too. And I think the President made quite clear that should the elections be disrupted, that we are prepared to impose quite significant costs on the Russian eco..."
"But these sanctions are only going to be powerful if Europe gets on board."
"We have made that clear. And that is a view that you and the President share, but Congress has made that very clear."
"Free, fair elections on May 25 are the best route to political and economic stability in Ukraine."
"In contrast, Russia fulfilled none of its commitments--none, zero."
"The optimum for the Nation would be if our budgetary decisions were driven by our strategic choices, especially in defense but in other areas as well."