Ben Cardin actually said...

"I would say first of all you have mentioned the importance of independence, and I agree that the Chief Counsel needs to be an independent position."

"The reason why we have a Committee on Small Business is because of the importance of small business to our country."

"I personally thank her for some legislation that I worked on, that she found a path forward so that we could get that accomplished"

"the work that she did in regards to the women's economic empowerment, tackling the gender gap with women entrepreneurs' need to thrive, to me that is a blueprint on what we need to do as a Nation to c..."