Ben Cardin actually said...

If we can finally accept the fact that we are in a great power competition with China.

the President is handing the Russian government a gift by his regular attacks on the free press

is not Putin's assault on the free and independent press inside Russia and in the Russia periphery emboldened by President Trump's regurgita...

I agree with Senator Portman that this committee and this Congress has acted in a very bipartisan manner, recognizing the threat of Russia.