Ben Cardin actually said...

The principles of Helsinki are freedom, and peaceful and just democratic societies.

I would like to thank Chairman Hastings and Co-Chairman Wicker for their leadership of the Helsinki Commission.

While so many Americans enjoy the freedom to speak and write freely--and critically--about their government, elsewhere in the world millions...

We cannot allow autocratic regimes to manipulate the U.S. justice system to carry out reprisals against their political opponents.