Ben Cardin actually said...

"I hope that by holding this hearing we are sending a signal to the region and to the administration and to our partners here in the Senate and in the House that there is a bipartisan commitment to ens..."

"It was by design that we have our first hearing on the rebalance to Asia, and it is also by design that our focus on this hearing deals with good governance and human rights."

"If we are successful in dealing with that threat, and I expect that we will be, long-term stability depends upon North Korea changing its political system to respect the human rights of its citizens."

"We want to see whether we can't institutionalize within the region a mechanism that has confidence among a significant number of Asian countries that are dealing with these challenges."