Ben Cardin actually said...

"This proposal does not even deal with that 1 percent problem, because there is nothing in this bill that shores up the individual marketplace."

"My objective is that, since America, among industrial nations, is near the bottom on the percentage of our economy and government, we should have a competitive advantage, not disadvantage on our busin..."

"The NMTC should be a permanent part of the tax code."

"I think the C rate now amounts to about 5 percent of the companies, somewhere in that level."