Ben Cardin actually said...

"I am still not comfortable that we have a system in place that will stop the issuance of a passport, checks have been made as to whether this person has a valid Social Security number or not."

"That is even more concerning."

"It should never have been issued, but we have taken additional steps to ensure that the 'No record found' will, in fact, stop the adjudication."

"Because how do we know that that will not happen--that is not happening right now?"