Ben Cardin actually said...

"In my work with the Helsinki Commission and the OSCE, trafficking has always been a very, very high priority."

"I just remind you that there are rumors going around here that we may be asked to vote on trade promotion authority within the next couple weeks."

"I could be pretty specific as it relates to trafficking, and perhaps you will help me draft language to deal with compliance with the criteria that we use in the TIP Report that we could add to TPA."

"the importance of U.S. leadership, because we know we are not going to make progress internationally if the United States does not maintain a very strong position."