Ben Cardin actually said...

"My view is that good policy is what we need to do and that the failure to enact good policy builds a pressure for more extreme results that could be damaging to our overall objective on the Renewable ..."

"I think you have answered the question. Your focus, and I understand that, you have interpreted the code to give you authority to deal with the blend wall issues and the energy issues."

"If we were drafting a Renewable Fuels Standard bill today, I think we would be very cautious about using corn ethanol."

"So, therefore, we need to change the statute if we want to protect food security in this country."