Ben Cardin actually said...

"This crisis was neither inevitable nor ethnically motivated. It is a political crisis precipitated by the failure of President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar to settle their politica..."

"The United States should move to invoke the President's authorities to institute travel bans and asset freezes on senior leadership on both sides."

"Unless we hold people accountable and make sure that there can be no peace without accountability, it will happen again."

"I think we all know what that means, but there are two ways you can do it."