Chairman Menendez Statement on Being Sanctioned by the Russian Government

The following was published by the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 20, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

Brussels, Belgium - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after being sanctioned by the Russian government.

"President Putin's military invasion and annexation of Crimea is brutal, totally unacceptable, and sadly returns us to a period of Cold War aggression and hostility. It doesn't have to be this way, but if standing up for the Ukrainian people, their freedom, their hard earned democracy, and sovereignty means I'm sanctioned by Putin, so be it."

Source: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations