Ben Cardin actually said...

"We are the legislative branch of Government. We are the ones who should be trying to come to a consensus here."

"I do think, though, that we have to deal with some of the points that Senator Heitkamp mentioned, and that is the general frustration that is out there."

"If you are not prepared to break your partnership with a corrupt regime, then I think you are doing a disservice."

"If the host country believes that they are always going to have a partner regardless of their own activities, you lose the ability to change the underlying problems within that country."