Ben Cardin actually said...

"I understand the verbiage. I am talking about action."

"I think we need to draw some specific lines and encourage China to compromise on some of its objectives, as they have in other regions, as I said."

"I think we should be prepared to take military action on Scarborough Shoal if China should undertake some of the same activities that it has undertaken in Subi Reef and the others. We should draw the ..."

"They changed the landscape to have Chinese presence on an area that is contested."