Ben Cardin actually said...

"I particularly want to underscore the point that Congressman Rahall made about our colleague, Senator Rockefeller. He has been a real treasure for us in the U.S. Senate."

"It is our responsibility to make sure that expectation is, in fact, carried out, both at the Federal, State and local government levels."

"I want to thank the responders, the people at FEMA, the National Guard and many others who did incredible work."

"my hope is that we may learn from this experience and find policy solutions to ensure that an incident like this never happens again in West Virginia or in any other state."