Ben Cardin actually said...

"The United States should move to invoke the President's authorities to institute travel bans and asset freezes on senior leadership on both sides."

"I think one of the problems that we have is that those who perpetrate ethnic cleansing do not believe the international community will ever hold them accountable for their crimes against humanity."

"This crisis was neither inevitable nor ethnically motivated. It is a political crisis precipitated by the failure of President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar to settle their politica..."

"The United States has unique influence and a deep reservoir of good will in South Sudan that gives it an indispensable role in overcoming the current crisis."