Ben Cardin actually said...

"We also know that we need consumer confidence for people to spend."

"I hope that what will clearly be nonnegotiable is that health care reform has got to bring down the growth rate of health care costs."

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

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