Ben Cardin actually said...

"I hope Congress will do everything we can to protect the integrity of the system."

"It is reasonable to look at an adjustment."

"We normally adjust the existing revenues in order to make sure that we do not run out of funds with one trust fund versus the other."

"the two have sort of always been considered together, and there have been reallocations made whenever needed, and on a bipartisan basis on every occasion."