Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think we all agree the deficit--we need to have a credible game plan to bring the deficit under control."

"the way that the scoring has been done, and discriminates against certain States over others based upon their regulatory structure."

"We are getting into the trillion dollar range, if not higher than that."

"the $400 billion savings, to me, is a significant part of the overall strategy to bring the deficit under control."