Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think the budget that you have presented is balanced in that you look at ways in which we can manage our deficit and get it to a responsible level."

"I am deeply disappointed. We have gone through this many times in the last year or so, and I thought we had reached some understandings on Federal retirement contributions."

"Do we have the ability to track how our assistance is being handled within Syria?"

"The crisis in Syria continues. Every day more people are dying. More people are leaving Syria."