Ben Cardin actually said...

"It is very difficult to say we are going to hold you accountable but we won't give you the confirmed positions in order to do the work you need to do."

"There is great opportunity and State and local support for Federal help in protecting one of the mid-Atlantic's most precious and valuable natural resources."

"There is a lot of work to do."

"I think that we should have an embassy, that gives us better information, better ability to assess where it is exactly that we can make a difference."