Ben Cardin actually said...

"I just want to compliment you. In your written statement, you deal with the Civil Rights Unit's work, and you bring up the Danziger Bridge episode, which I think was the right steps taken by the FBI."

"Well, we thank you for that, and we look forward to working with you in our Subcommittee as we try to get even better at preparation for these types of threats."

"So we can't leave our fate in the hands of big oil. And that is why I am going to continue to insist that we place a permanent ban on offshore drilling off the Atlantic Coast."

"To get this right you have to have an accurate assessment going in."