Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think that is a pretty direct, honest answer, and I appreciate that."

"The argument I hear the most against consumption taxes is progressivity, but we can make a consumption tax progressive, and we have ways of doing it."

"Secretary Gates shares the importance and the attention that is needed for gender equality."

"In order to have successful efforts for increasing capacity of other countries, there needs to be a priority on gender equality."