Ben Cardin actually said...

"I just really urge us to recognize, yes, we want a better outcome, we all want a better outcome in our health-care system. But you do not do that by taking money away from our most vulnerable."

"I hope that we can work together to find ways that we can do more outreach to help access to capital for particularly minority businesses."

"Thank you very much for being willing to serve in this public position."

"To me, that is an extremely important part of our commitment to help veterans and returning warriors in regards to small business."