Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think that is critically important, and I am glad that you figured out a way to get it done in Oklahoma."

"To me, it just points out that with a very modest amount of Federal investment and encouragement, what you can do with the private sector and get done."

"The enhanced commitment to partnership and the coordination with the Department of Interior... we could look at on an authorization bill."

"I think we need to try to institutionalize that a little bit better as far as sharing with what is being done around the Nation because it is no sense reinventing the wheel."