Ben Cardin actually said...

"It really is a critical moment, and I was listening to your response and I understand that you are collecting information."

"I have not seen a robust use of the Magnitsky sanctions in our hemisphere."

"Our hemisphere has always bragged about having democratic states and, yet, in recent decades we have seen a decline of democracy."

"If we do not have U.S. leadership there is not going to be leadership in our hemisphere."