Ben Cardin actually said...

I very much hope that the committee would give that some consideration.

I wish I had you as one of my professors in college grading my papers. I think you are being pretty gentle.

I think that the foot-dragging on the code of conduct is a problem, and that is something that we shine a light on and encourage the parties...

It does seem to me that this committee is concerned that there are a lot of risk factors in the China seas.