Ben Cardin actually said...

"Thank you very much for conducting this hearing and let me thank both of our witnesses for their incredible service."

"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."