Ben Cardin actually said...

"I would hope that we could work through this and strengthen our ties."

"I will just caution you that language is very important, so at every opportunity, I would hope that you would reinforce that."

"I strongly support that formula for the review of our trading agreements and where we need to move forward."

"Some of us have visited the countries that have been PEPFAR countries and we see a tremendous difference from those that were not PEPFAR countries."