Ben Cardin actually said...

"You can always justify a decision."

"Please provide recommendations to strengthen the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000..."

"This committee needs to make sure that the work we have done in this country, setting the global example for commitment against trafficking, remains credible and is always improving."

"I hope it did not. But I tell you, we talked about it before the report came out. I just hope that we are using objective standards."