Ben Cardin actually said...

"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."

"Senator Hagerty's observation as an ambassador has been reinforced by a lot of what I have heard as I have traveled to different missions around the world."

"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."