Ben Cardin actually said...

"I first want to thank you, though, for your leadership with the Chesapeake WILD Program."

"I would hope that the Administration... see whether we can't get that to the finish line."

"I can't thank you enough for your leadership on the Neotropical Bird Program."

"At the same time, the region is struggling against the resurgence of authoritarianism from Cuba to Venezuela, and now the consolidation of the region's third dictatorship in Nicaragua."