Ben Cardin

I have always believed that making a difference in one's community is a fundamental tool for defending human rights.

I will encourage direct government-to-government collaboration to address and push back on Russian influence campaigns through grant assistance, training, and exchange programs.

I have promoted human rights and democracy throughout my 35-year career as a Foreign Service officer.

A great record, he has an excellent record of working across party lines to get things done in the United States Senate.

We worked with the international community, especially neighboring African countries, to force President Jammeh to respect the results of the election and give up power peacefully.

I think he would agree with me that we are all students of Frank Wolf.

Promotion of human rights and democracy has been an important part of my career.

The United States government is concerned by a troubling trend in the past few years of Nigerien authorities arresting and threatening critics of the government.

We thank you and your family for being willing to serve our country. It is a tremendous sacrifice.

I think it was one of the reasons why Vietnam was selected as a country to participate in the TPP because we had made significant advancements on human rights and values.

I think it is important that we have a confirmed ambassador as quickly as possible for that country considering the urgency of the humanitarian crisis in the country that exists.

We are not looking at it as a challenge to India but more how we share best practices as the two largest democracies.

I think there really is a path forward without getting into the politics of membership--where we are from the White House.

Trying to find mechanisms in which we can advance some of these discussions.

We would like regular reports on the progress being made in regards to advancing our values on human rights.

It is a democracy. There is ample press coverage of the trafficking issues.

There are 18 million people in India estimated in bonded labor, slavery. That number is unacceptable.

It takes leadership. It takes leadership to make this work. The stakes could never be higher, in what Russia is doing today.

Human rights have been an important focus throughout my career.

We need your commitment that you will work with us and keep us informed as to the progress that we are making with Europe and the sanctions against Russia.

This Congress has spoken with a very, very strong voice, 98-2 in the United States Senate.

Enforcement of the sanctions on North Korea, very important; enforcement of the sanctions against Russia, very important.

I thought your statement was as clear and as direct on the major issues, and I applaud you for that.

I have advanced the cause of democracy by helping to create the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)...

The Obama administration takes pride that they were able to get Europe to have consistent sanctions against Iran that the United States initially brought forward.