Ben Cardin actually said...

"I know the--a little bit of the politics of oyster restoration, and it's pretty--can be pretty complicated."

"As President Obama joined a list of Presidents who have declared the Chesapeake Bay a national treasure, this is of importance to our entire country."

"Our farmers have done a really first-rate job in trying--they want clean water, they want the Chesapeake Bay."

"There's a lot of local governments, and they don't have the same degree of flexibility that a State may have."