Ben Cardin actually said...

"I am still not comfortable that we have a system in place that will stop the issuance of a passport, checks have been made as to whether this person has a valid Social Security number or not."

"It should never have been issued, but we have taken additional steps to ensure that the 'No record found' will, in fact, stop the adjudication."

"The passport is the gold standard for identification in this country."

"Because how do we know that that will not happen--that is not happening right now?"