Ben Cardin actually said...

"Yes, we want to get international support to respond to Iran, but it is important that we have the numbers that will be important in enforcing the Iranian agreement."

"We should have had an opportunity to debate this issue and look at the consequences far beyond just the immediate impact on individuals who wish to come to the United States."

"We all share the same common objective, and that is to prevent Iran from being a nuclear weapons state."

"We never got a vote on it. We could not even get it to the Floor of the Senate to have a vote on it."