Ben Cardin actually said...

"If Afghanistan, with or without the Taliban, wants to be a country that is respected globally and does not want to be a pariah state, then they are going to live up to their commitments on anti-terror..."

"Does the Administration have a robust Special Immigrant Visa and refugee asylum plan in place to rapidly process what I think may be thousands of Afghans who may need to leave the country?"

"How will we gather the intelligence necessary to keep these groups at bay?"

"I have repeatedly demanded the Taliban release of Mark Frerichs."