Ben Cardin actually said...

"If you do not respect our environment, you cannot grow the economy."

"People say, oh, 1 degree, what does that mean? But when you see the types of storms that we have seen..."

"The loss of sea grasses by warmer water is affecting the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay."

"We are involved, I serve on the Senate Foreign Committee with Senator Boxer and others on this Committee."