Ben Cardin actually said...

I want to thank Senator Boxer for her passion on this issue and recognizing that we can do better and continuing to raise those issues.

I can't understand why there would be any objection to allowing the States to move forward.

Of course, our objective is to look at areas that do not cause additional concerns on the support.

We think this is one of the categories. As you point out, what it basically does is leverage private sector involvement to protect our fish ...