Ben Cardin actually said...

"I could not agree more that Russia has empowered Assad to do what he is doing."

"the fact that Russia is enabling the Assad regime to break any form of standards as far as the use of chemical weapons."

"I think it is very, very important that we share a lot in our transatlantic partnership, and one of the things we share is that we are all targeted by Russia's activities to our democratic institution..."

"Putin can attack truth, but he cannot kill it and he will not win."