Ben Cardin actually said...

"I often speak about the importance of adhering to our values and our foreign policy."

"To be true to our founding principles we need to support those people trying to defend human rights, those rights endowed to us by our Creator."

"We need to incentivize diversity initiatives and modernize the training and professional developments for our diplomats to deal with the 21st century challenges."

"The Department of State and the work of our diplomats do every day has never been more important."