Ben Cardin actually said...

"This bill is important for many reasons, and I appreciate each of the witnesses' testimony as to various parts of it."

"I also want to mention support for the neotropical bird, which includes, as I am sure the Chairman knows, the Baltimore Oriole."

"I believe that the only way we can get to strong bipartisan tax reform is by having a public and transparent tax reform process."

"There is no other way to get competitive marginal business tax rates in this country without bringing different revenues into funding government other than income tax revenues."