Ben Cardin actually said...

"It is way too big, and we know we can't have a sustainable, fiscally responsible Federal budget unless we deal with the debt."

"I firmly believe that the development, manufacture and wide scale deployment of innovative renewable energy technologies will be critical to long-term job growth in the U.S. and the recovery of the na..."

"How do we structure our foreign assistance budget that does not become a tool for anti-American intervention in the country?"

"So in this particular case, we do not know what would have happened if you made that inquiry."