Ben Cardin actually said...

"Let me--I want to follow up on this a bit because it is unusual, rare, that we give advanced permission to reprocess in a civil nuclear agreement that has only been granted to countries that have alre..."

"This is a country that we literally sacrificed on the battlefield in order to say it is a country that shares our values."

"It was just strange that they would not want a longer agreement."

"I must say I am a supporter of nuclear power. I think nuclear power is critically important for our national security issues and for environmental issues."