Ben Cardin actually said...

"It has to be fair, which means middle-income taxpayers should not pay any more of the cost of our government percentage-wise than they are paying today."

"The major concern we heard today is, will middle-income families pay more? That is something which I said I would not support."

"We have to raise the revenue that we say we are going to raise so we do not add to the deficit."

"Tax reform, in order to be successful, must have certain conditions met. One is an open process, transparency."