Ben Cardin actually said...

"This amendment is so straightforward and commonsense. It does not stop what Senator Barrasso is trying to do in his bill."

"Therefore, the legislation we have before us, if not amended, will send EPA and the Army Corps back to the drawing board and create uncertainty once again."

"We do not want to go back to rivers catching fire and the circumstances that Senator Boxer alluded to in her opening comments."

"I understand Senator Barrasso's intent, but that is not what the bill says."