(L-R) U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, listens as Pussy Riot punk band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova speak to reporters through Pyotr Verzilov (C), interpreter and husband of Tolokonnikova, after meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 6, 2014. Also pictured is Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)