Ben Cardin actually said...

"I want to add one additional point to this diversity of assignments that we have in the State Department."

"I think that a system that puts a priority on personnel category, on tenure rather than merit, is something that seriously needs to be reexamined."

"I think we should be very, very judicious. I do not want to take a blanket rule to it, but I think the special representatives should be the exception."

"Congress should form a bipartisan commission to examine every aspect of American diplomacy."