Ben Cardin actually said...

"In certain respects, we are hamstringing the State Department by our failure to pass an authorization bill."

"I just came back from the southern part of Africa where I saw firsthand some of the wildlife issues and corruption and poaching and similar issues."

"In TPP we do have commitments not only on the environment and labor but also on anticorruption and good governance."

"We have seen an evolution of our objectives in trade agreements from when we were first interested in dealing with tariffs."