Ben Cardin actually said...

"Panama really needs to be a country where our presence is used to help the entire region."

"There are objective tests as to how we rate countries in our TIP report, and we expect our representatives from America in these countries to use those standards."

"So give me an idea about the priority you are going to place on dealing with the safety of the people of El Salvador."

"In our hemisphere, the countries that are represented here are all democratic countries in that they all have the institutions of democracy."