Ben Cardin actually said...

"we do need to have government accountability, and that is why conditionality of aid effecting government change is the way I think we need to go."

"We have passed legislation--it has not been taken up on the floor yet--that would use the example of Trafficking in Persons report for corruption."

"we cannot solve that problem by going around the governments. You may provide humanitarian assistance to the people that are suffering, but it is not going to deal with the stability of fragile states..."

"We have a tremendous backlog in maintenance. Before we build a lot of new roads and bridges, are we sure that our current roads or bridges will not collapse?"