Ben Cardin actually said...

"It restored an ecosystem that is now the pride of the community."

"These issues need to be gotten on immediately rather than sitting there for months or years causing significant problems in stability in the region."

"I think we recognize in these circumstances that, on the one hand, the situation is time-urgent."

"I think we all want to take action against the type of brutality that Colonel Qadhafi represents and save innocent lives."