Ben Cardin actually said...

"I agree completely with Senator Whitehouse on this issue."

"I support this bill, and I compliment the Chair and Ranking Member for working out the issues so we can move this bill forward."

"It would seem to me we need a much more aggressive policy wrapped in our values to make it clear it is time to make decisions on what side of values you are going to stand on."

"Yes, we have countries in our hemisphere that are problematic as it relates to values and democracy, such as Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, but we pride ourselves in our hemisphere of countries that ..."