Ben Cardin actually said...

We know that diversity of species is critically important to our environment and to our future.

Our knowledge of climate change and the impact of climate change has changed so dramatically in the last 35 years.

I want to make sure they still have a place to live.

If my math is correct, the amount of developed acres in the lower 48 States since 1981 has increased by about 70 percent since that time.