Ben Cardin actually said...

"I just would point out Senator Mathias started the efforts, the great Republican Senator from Maryland; Senator Sarbanes continued that effort, and I have his seat."

"Having authorization puts it in a much stronger position."

"I believe that the only way we can get to strong bipartisan tax reform is by having a public and transparent tax reform process."

"There is no other way to get competitive marginal business tax rates in this country without bringing different revenues into funding government other than income tax revenues."