Ben Cardin actually said...

"We cannot do it by roads alone. We cannot do it by transit alone."

"We need to do it on our environmental commitments on storm water."

"You have to set it at a rate where it will not cost the taxpayers any money, and yet it still gets scored as an issue because of the OMB formula."

"Let me just very quickly, Mr. Chairman, agree completely, and that bill, of course, was strongly supported by our delegation here, and we want to see you have that authority."