Ben Cardin actually said...

I can tell you this, once the spotlight goes down on this issue, and it does; and once this report is issued and they know they have another year the chances of getting the type of action we want is just not there anymore, based upon the TIP ranking.

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Cardin emphasizes the diminishing effectiveness of pressure after the TIP report is released.

08/05/2015

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