Ben Cardin actually said...

"I am all for having different types of savings incentives for college, for medical emergencies, but retirement is retirement, and I think we should have an easier way to protect retirement income for ..."

"It is critically important that we not only preserve, but strengthen Social Security."

"We need to take the initiative, push ourselves and push the Taiwanese."

"results are needed and progress needs to be made, and then you have to implement to make sure it is done after the meetings are over."