Ben Cardin actually said...

"the statement from Hon. Paul Ryan, a Member of Congress from Wisconsin, in support of Ms. Jackson's nomination to the Sentencing Commission."

"I do hope that our Committee will be able to deal with that issue."

"I am going to put in the record, on behalf of Ms. Robinson, a letter from the Baltimore Police Department, the police commissioner, in support of the nomination."

"In normal times, it is difficult for poor people to get access to our civil system. In a recession, it is that much more difficult."