Ben Cardin actually said...

"So these are unstable situations. And in those types of situations, I do not think we should give up on the support for people inside the system who want to have a system based upon universal values."

"The amount of corruption in both of those countries is alarming."

"I also want to join the chairman in thanking you for the testimony. And I agree with much of what both of you have stated."

"The Magnitsky Act holds such abusers to account in ways that beleaguered Russian institutions cannot."