Ben Cardin actually said...

"Four out of four is unacceptable."

"I just want to bring that to your attention that our Subcommittee is also going to spend a good deal of effort looking at the relationship between the different agencies."

"Senator Benjamin Cardin has already introduced the Newspaper Revitalization Act which is intended to fully clarify this question."

"I do not want to see us do anything that could compromise the independence of the newspaper."