Ben Cardin actually said...

"I would just urge us to be as clear as we can in the enforcement provisions in TPP."

"the second key challenge is weak governance, which leads to ineffective and not well-informed laws and regulatory frameworks."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. To Chairman Gardner, I want to thank him for his leadership on this subcommittee."

"We do not want to go back to rivers catching fire and the circumstances that Senator Boxer alluded to in her opening comments."