Ben Cardin actually said...

"I just interpret from your comments that you want to be opposed to this bill, which is your right to do it, but I do not see any rational distinction if you support collecting information on crimes."

"If you base it upon the information that has been presented by the advocacy community, then we do have a rising problem."

"I can tell you that they want us at the national level to do everything we can to reduce the number of homeless, particularly those who are homeless because of a circumstance such as domestic violence..."

"Well, thank you, Professor. I appreciate that."