Ben Cardin actually said...

Thank you for being willing to do this and to your entire family. I know it was a difficult decision.

I think we could be more aggressive in trying to move forward.

That's one of the highest priorities for us, to evaluate how we can modernize the Helsinki Commission and the OSCE process.

I particularly want to just underscore the challenge you're going to have in the Middle East between the Israelis and the Palestinians.