Ben Cardin actually said...

"I would just make the observation there was information that was put into the data bank, and it appears like before Christmas Day no one acted on that."

"But it never gave you the information at the time that a visa was outstanding."

"Well, first let me thank all of our witnesses for the work that you do for our National security."

"But whose responsibility was it to look into that information and determine as to whether he was actively involved in al Qaeda in Yemen?"