Ben Cardin actually said...

"This is an issue of federalism."

"In West Virginia, it was not a petroleum-based product that caused the problem; it was a cleaning product?"

"I want to congratulate and thank Senators Boxer, Manchin and Senator Rockefeller in the Senate for quickly introducing legislation that deals with some of the fundamental issues with which we have to ..."

"It's my understanding we do have authority on petroleum-based above the ground storage but for some of the other contaminants and chemicals, we do not at the current time."