Ben Cardin actually said...

"this will not be the last of our interest in overseeing how this program is working."

"We anticipate that hot areas are going to get hotter, that wet areas are going to get wetter, that it is going to hurt those countries that are most vulnerable right now to chronic hunger."

"Senator Cardin mentioned some of the instability in Mali right now and how it affects it."

"Let me thank, first, Senator Kerry for allowing the subcommittee to move forward on this very important hearing dealing with global food security."