Ben Cardin actually said...

"I encourage you to establish reasonable goals as to how we can wean ourselves off of imported energy sources, particularly oil."

"I would feel more comfortable if I knew that if through this open process banks do not meet reasonable expectations government is prepared to exercise sanctions against them."

"Our energy policy needs to achieve two objectives: One, energy independence, so we are not as dependent upon foreign sources of energy; and two, we need to deal with the global climate change and gree..."

"I do want to start off by congratulating the Obama administration for presenting an honest budget."