Ben Cardin actually said...

"Thank you very much for being here and taking the time to make this a priority of yours."

"Can you answer my question about whether the United States is prepared to enter into a definitive standard that could jeopardize our security needs in using the Internet to defend America?"

"the jurisdiction of this committee is critically important to our country."

"we now recognize that we are under direct attack by cyber soldiers organized by government to attack our country."