Ben Cardin actually said...

"The United States should apply targeted pressure against those elements of the security apparatus in Russia that tortured and killed the very individuals who were trying to make the government account..."

"I think we are in agreement on many of those issues."

"How do we institutionalize the standards for human rights?"

"it's going to be more hard-line on the human rights advancements and that it even puts more of a spotlight in importance on how we deal internationally with the human rights dimension."