Ben Cardin actually said...

"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."

"We share Senator Cardin's concerns about this case and about the rule of law in Russia more broadly."