Ben Cardin actually said...

"It is very clear from all of your testimony that, first, the public wants a clean Chesapeake Bay."

"We need to look at trends over a longer period of time, and that is why I think the Hopkins and the University of Maryland study is instructive in that regard."

"We have enjoyed support not just from Virginia and Maryland and Delaware and the Nation's capital but also from the people of Pennsylvania and the people of New York and people of West Virginia who ar..."

"This has got to be done in a way the public will accept. Otherwise, we cannot sustain this."