Ben Cardin actually said...

"What has happened of late is so discouraging to see so-called mature democracies take steps that are so punitive against a population that has been in their country for a long period of time and denie..."

"I think our initial concern was whether Pakistan shared our commitment to fight extremists, and that was our main concern."

"So, I think we're now going through an evaluation whether Pakistan's our ally and friend."

"I have my doubts on some of those expectations, but thank you very much for your responses, sir."