Ben Cardin actually said...

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

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

"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, ..."

"It is very difficult for them to travel; many of them do not have automobiles."