Ben Cardin actually said...

"The use of financial power and the power to exclude from the global system is one of our principal if not most effective tools."

"Information about the IAEA would be critically important and we should hear it directly from the IAEA."

"Well, first, Chairman Corker, thank you very much for your leadership in the way that our committee has moved forward during this review period."

"As was the case during the Cold War, it is possible that meaningful diplomacy, combined with pressure, under the right conditions can yield positive results for U.S. national security."