Ben Cardin actually said...

"Senator Gardner and I are very concerned about the use or threat of military force to address territorial and regional disputes in the China seas."

"It is critically important we get this relationship right in the rebalance to Asia."

"Making a fundamental shift to consumption-oriented taxation is a major change that may not necessarily be undertaken in the near term."

"Senator Cardin's creative consumption tax proposal might provide a formula for a deal today."