Ben Cardin actually said...

"I am trying to understand when you consider it urgent to act quickly."

"We are working on the Chesapeake Bay reauthorization, looking for more effective ways to enforce the goals that are established by the local governments."

"I know that Senator Levin is working on a reauthorization under the Clean Water Act of the Great Lakes."

"We need to do more to empower regional approaches to dealing with these issues."