Ben Cardin actually said...

"The United States is very much engaged in helping refugees throughout the world, and we expect our partners to be similarly engaged in this."

"This is a humanitarian issue and one that needs to be dealt with by Iraq."

"I think we'd just--Mr. Chairman--I think we'd be interested in finding out as much information as we can as to Syria's role in regards to Iraq."

"There is a concern over safety issues upon return."