Ben Cardin actually said...

"Your doing is to represent our country, if confirmed, in China and must take steps to make sure that our Constitution is not violated."

"I pushed the Government of Transition of Burkina Faso for timely elections during a sensitive time when some voices were considering a delay."

"We hope that, within a matter of days, we are going to pass legislation through both the House and Senate in regard to Russia."

"I remain concerned that we have seen this movie before and we really have not seen any change in China's position as it relates to North Korea."