Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think we have to be very strategic as to how we deal with new sanctions legislation."

"We will be watching their actions to the U.N. resolution violation because to me it is telling whether we will have zero tolerance for compliance with the Iran agreement."

"The use of financial power and the power to exclude from the global system is one of our principal if not most effective tools."

"I would argue that rather than go for an oil embargo-type sanction, we actually have to think of a better policy response to deal with the terrorist issue that we have identified."