Ben Cardin actually said...

"How do you raise awareness when you do not know, in fact, that you have been compromised or that there is something in your software or hardware that can be used against you?"

"We'll take you up on your offer on the EITI and ways that we could be helpful in dealing with international institutions to leverage their importance to transparency in the participating countries."

"We need to get back to policies that encourage domestic economic savings."

"Are you satisfied that the current implementation of these countermeasures is consistent with our privacy laws?"