Ben Cardin

We have always included in our Trade Promotion Authority an effort by the USTR to get border adjustment comparable to what our trading partners have.

I have a great deal of confidence in his ability to negotiate and to stand up for enforcement of American trade laws.

How do we influence the Saudis to be more aggressive to pursue peace? We have a lot of engagement with the Saudis. We have leverage.

I think that the key thing is to demonstrate, particularly to the Houthis, that, in fact, there is no military objective, there is no military end to this conflict, and that they are best to try to secure a negotiated settlement.

If successful, a coalition victory in Hodeidah would not only facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance... but it would also change the equation somewhat and increase the pressure on the Houthis and Ali Abdullah Saleh to agree to…

The only way we are going to be able to get a negotiated settlement on the civil war is to get the Houthis and the Saudis to be able to sit down and really negotiate the terms of a future for Yemen.

I have concerns about consequences of actions taken without a coordinated strategy that could escalate U.S. involvement that may not be constructive to accomplishing our objectives.

An outright military victory by one side is no longer a realistic possibility in the near term.

Yemen is in the middle of an active civil war.

The current approach appears to lack nuance or reflection on the consequences of actions before taking them.

Our insistence on international humanitarian and human rights laws is desperately needed in Yemen today.

The Yemen conflict is one that has profound serious implications for U.S. national security.

I would just encourage the Trump administration to get their team in place as quickly as possible.

I think it is very timely and important, considering what is happening today in Yemen.

We need to engage, we do not need to isolate.

I do not think any of us are against dialogue. We want to have conversations.

And while the Maduro regime may have sanctioned me and forbidden my entry into Venezuela, it will not stop me from pursuing this issue.

I hope we can work together to hold human rights violators and drug traffickers, send a clear message, if you are going to violate the rights of others inside of Venezuela, know that you are next.

If Venezuela is not a place where the Democratic Charter is going to be invoked and actually pursued by the countries of the hemisphere, then the charter is really of no consequence whatsoever.

I appreciate that the new Secretary General of the OAS, Mr. Almagro, has acknowledged as much and called for elections now instead of waiting until 2018.

I think there needs to be action within the OAS, including a threat of suspension of Venezuela from the organization.

I think there need to be additional sanctions applied by the United States and other countries.

I think there needs to be three forms of pressure.

We have not heard a lot about getting humanitarian aid into Venezuela.

This is a manmade calamity. Venezuela is a beautiful country, and the people should not be suffering the way they are suffering.