Ben Cardin actually said...

"we are on target, as the administration had envisioned when these statements were made in late 2009."

"I'm just trying to figure out whether we're on schedule to meet the expectations that the administration had when the speech was given."

"Mr. Chairman, I'd just urge we have complete transparency--our government insists--on the mineral issues in that country."

"I do think we're entitled to be informed as to how well we are meeting the expected schedule that the President obviously had in mind when he gave his speech in December."