Ben Cardin actually said...

"This committee is more nonpartisan, not bipartisan, nonpartisan. This is about national security. It is about global security."

"I think we could probably get that completed."

"Another thing we can do, and this became very clear to me in my visits to the gulf states, is that we have an articulated regional strategy to protect our allies in the region."

"I think what we are really focusing on is what is the appropriate role for Congress in accomplishing our objective to change Iranian behavior, whether its nuclear proliferation or whether its support ..."