Ben Cardin actually said...

"I support the President's proposal to increase the budget of the Department of State and USAID by 10 percent."

"There is a cultural problem within the State Department and this committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has the responsibility of oversight, of establishing the correct policy."

"This is exactly what the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should be doing on oversight."

"We are getting very close to passing legislation that will set up a tier rating system."