Ben Cardin actually said...

"I want the people of Bethesda, the people of America, to understand that our risk assessments look at lifetime, years and years of exposure to a chemical."

"I would point out that coal ash that are put in landfills, we are concerned about."

"I would just urge you to be as transparent as you possibly can in the review of how United States involvement in Iraq is being--how the funds are being used to get value for the American taxpayer, and..."

"Tough talk is not good enough. There have to be major consequences for what happened."