Ben Cardin actually said...

"Senator Cardin ... expressed this to the President, when he was President-elect, in a letter about the need for someone..."

"Well, I visited a green building in Howard County not too long ago, Howard County, Maryland, which is I think a model for a company that is innovative in green technology."

"I think same thing is true with water efficiency, that we are losing an economic opportunity here that we need to figure a strategy to deal with."

"Thank you for that."