Ben Cardin actually said...

"It is important that you have done as thorough a job as possible in looking at the scope of damages."

"But in response to Senator Whitehouse's point about the responsible party being brought into the process, doesn't that almost per se bring into question the objectivity of the work?"

"Transparency is important here."

"Well, certainly the objectivity here is of concern, and that is why I think we made it clear on the record that we want to be notified by our Government agency trustees if they feel that the independe..."