Ben Cardin actually said...

"Mr. Chairman, first, thank you very much for allowing me to introduce a great Marylander, Steve Crawford."

"I share the concern of Chairman Boxer and Senator Lautenberg as to the urgency of this issue."

"We have been talking about this for a long time. I would hope we could come up with a more consistent national strategy."

"This is not a problem that has been identified in one discipline."