Ben Cardin actually said...

"We want to protect the environment for future generations, that is the responsibility."

"My point to you is, there is a reason why we want cost-benefit analysis, there is a reason why we want to be able to understand the impact."

"the most important stakeholders, as Chairman Baucus has pointed out, are taxpayers in this country and the families that depend upon the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, ..."

"I do not think we intended that families would not have coverage."