Ben Cardin actually said...

"I'd like to know if--how familiar the three Assistant Secretaries are with this issue inside your departments, and what your thoughts are."

"I worry about the safety of Metro today. It needs maintenance funds. It needs attention."

"I strongly support the legislation that Senator Mikulski has been involved with that would give the FTA the authority to set up safety standards for our transit system."

"As Senator Cardin referenced earlier, nine scrubbers and eight SCRs were installed on the affected EGUs within 2 years."