Ben Cardin actually said...

"We have bipartisan support. We think we have enough support to pass this bill. We have already talk to our colleagues in the house, and I think they are ready to take it up as soon as we pass it in th..."

"We need all the talent of all of Americans in our State Department."

"Diversity at the State Department is critically important, as both of you have said."

"We have lost over a decade of progress in diversity at the State Department."