Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think we envisioned it would be this way, but it was your leadership that really focused us and used our time in a most effective way."

"I think I probably started this month solely focused on the framework on inspections and verification as being the most challenging part."

"I think it is important that we start not with tactics but, as Senator Cardin said, with our objectives."

"We have to decide whether this agreement puts us on a better path or worse path to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state."