Ben Cardin actually said...

"We need to know that we have a reliable partner in India in fighting terrorism."

"Clearly anti-terrorism is going to be a huge issue, fighting forms of extremism."

"But how could you have that many slaves? I mean, seriously. Do they have just zero prosecution abilities, zero law enforcement?"

"I can also bring up their anti-conversion laws that are problematic in regards to how they are dealing with religious freedom."