Ben Cardin actually said...

"There are these moments when countries like Myanmar or Namibia or Nepal change governments and things happen, where shame on us if we do not provide the right technical assistance at the right moment."

"we do not have the funding to maintain the existing roads."

"I would just point out that some of us are prepared to make the tough decisions so that we have the revenues necessary to do what is right for this Country."

"It is difficult to look at how we can get that from General Funds when we do not have enough General Funds to balance the Federal budget."