Ben Cardin actually said...

"We need to reduce regulatory burdens and ensure that rural communities have the flexibility to resolve water quality issues in a cost-effective manner."

"We support voluntary participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative."

"There is nothing conservative about starving our foreign policy budget of a few billion dollars today in order to spend a trillion dollars later on when an otherwise avoidable crisis strikes or an arm..."

"Senators Ben Cardin and Richard Lugar inserted into the Dodd-Frank regulatory reform bill a requirement that US-listed oil, gas and mining companies report publicly their payments to host governments."