Ben Cardin actually said...

"It would be a destabilizing and problematic act were China to move in that direction."

"China is accomplishing its mission by what it did because they are, in fact, establishing a claim that is not legitimate but making it legitimate by time?"

"I wish I had you as one of my professors in college grading my papers. I think you are being pretty gentle."

"I do not think much is going to change."