Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think the Obama administration would be well advised, if they go into negotiations, to do it in a very--a set basis."

"Let me go to another hearing we had in our Subcommittee which dealt with sharing of information among intelligence agencies as well as with local law enforcement, and this has been a continuing battle..."

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

"If I had a choice between government without newspapers and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter."