Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think your response underscores the importance to deal with corruption and transparency that you have talked about before."

"The initiation of the trafficking commitments globally to fight, human trafficking, to deal with the Global Magnitsky statute, came out of the Parliamentary Assembly."

"I would just point out that when parliamentarians are involved, there is a much better chance that the policies adopted by the Organization will be implemented in their particular states."

"We want to make sure these programs are working well, so the Committee is making that one of our priorities."