Ben Cardin actually said...

"My observations over the years, and we have had committee testimony to this effect, is that other nations are now investing more in their sort of Foreign Service professionals than we are."

"There is a cultural problem within the State Department and this committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has the responsibility of oversight, of establishing the correct policy."

"This is exactly what the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should be doing on oversight."

"The past 18 months of COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that women entrepreneurs still face many structural barriers when they start, operate, and attempt to grow small businesses."