Ben Cardin actually said...

"the worst thing we can do is use very, very limited taxpayers' dollars to fix a dam that doesn't actually serve the intended purpose."

"We have no responsible party, I understand, that would pay to remove this dam."

"I want to go to the attention of the lesser known dams that we have in our State that are no longer performing the function for which they were constructed originally."

"There is a need to remove dams that no longer are useful for their intended purpose."