Ben Cardin actually said...

"If confirmed, I would work within the context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to make good on its objective of expanding access to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy."

"I think as President Biden said, I think, yesterday at the U.N. there is a view that a two-state solution, clearly, is a goal to try to attempt to achieve."

"We have seen a decline of democracies globally, and certainly within the OSCE region, there has been a significant decline of democratic states."

"Each of these tenets--or 'pillars,' as we often call them--represents a common interest of all NPT Parties."