Ben Cardin actually said...

"Well, that is unfortunately consistent with the information that I think each of us has observed in our own communities, and it is clearly a circumstance that we need to take aggressive action, and we..."

"I want to focus on the implementation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act."

"I think that the Chairman is right to recognize that politics is inappropriate in the Department and politics can be evident from both sides of the aisle, certainly, and we need to be concerned."

"I would hope that we would try to be empowering people to vote who are eligible to vote."