Ben Cardin actually said...

"I hope that our committee can take up commonsense, bipartisan proposals to address them."

"The set-asides in the SBIR program are critically important."

"I agree with that, and I think moving towards Phase III is much more of a challenge, so it does require some additional attention as to how we can make that easier for the smaller tech companies."

"U.S. engagement on a bipartisan basis... truly achieved a miracle turnaround there."