Ben Cardin actually said...

"The United States should raise this issue in the S&ED meetings with China and should explore the possibility of cooperating with China."

"promoting transparency is a pivotal need for empowering citizens to ask questions of their governments"

"A compulsory disclosure of payments by governments to private interests in natural resource deals is an idea that merits serious consideration."

"But as I understand it, a lot depends upon having reliable information as to whether there's reasonable cause to believe that a vessel contains elicit products."