Ben Cardin actually said...

The people of Hong Kong deserve no less than their counterparts in other countries.

this does not leave me hopeful that this is a government that, at any point in the near future, is going to be more open and more accommodat...

if we are hanging our hopes that more economic interchange with them is going to somehow transform them into a more open, more liberalized, ...

I would ask, Mr. Chairman, that nothing in the legislation should undermine the principle that Hong Kong is autonomous.