Ben Cardin actually said...

"the most important stakeholders, as Chairman Baucus has pointed out, are taxpayers in this country and the families that depend upon the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, ..."

"It is very difficult for them to travel; many of them do not have automobiles."

"I do not think we intended that families would not have coverage."

"I think that that has paid off enormously in Burma and that it is a major factor why Burma is moving in the right direction."