Ben Cardin actually said...

"Can you answer my question about whether the United States is prepared to enter into a definitive standard that could jeopardize our security needs in using the Internet to defend America?"

"the jurisdiction of this committee is critically important to our country."

"we now recognize that we are under direct attack by cyber soldiers organized by government to attack our country."

"We will not give up on diplomacy. We are not the Armed Services Committee. We are the Foreign Relations Committee."