Ben Cardin actually said...

"The argument I hear the most against consumption taxes is progressivity, but we can make a consumption tax progressive, and we have ways of doing it."

"I think it was terribly irresponsible for the Senate to take up that resolution."

"My concern is that if we were to pass the recommendations of the Commission, it is unlikely that that would stand for very long before Congress would once again, for reasons of political expediency, u..."

"Secretary Gates shares the importance and the attention that is needed for gender equality."