Ben Cardin actually said...

"I have long believed the United Nations at its best can be a powerful partner of the United States, advancing global peace and security for far less cost and more effectively than if we act alone."

"Our share of these costs is less than $3 billion, a small fraction, again, and some illustrative figures were cited by Senator Cardin."

"Because we have assumed greater burdens, we have even greater burdens."

"There has been more than one documented instance of ethnically-based mass killings in Burundi since independence."