Ben Cardin actually said...

"Maryland was able to move forward in reducing its carbon footprint on its generation of electricity."

"I regret, though, that we did prevent the States from fully being able to fill the void until the Federal Government actually has an effective regulation."

"Nothing frost me more than having these very same people still arguing that it can't be done."

"When I was Governor, I used to say that I could literally shut down my State's economy and we would still be out of compliance with respect to clean air standards."