Ben Cardin actually said...

"It should not drive the Senate's decisionmaking on what is one of the most important foreign policy issues of our time."

"I think the science information is clear that carbon emissions, greenhouse gases, have a significant impact on global climate change and that we have the technology to do something about that, that we..."

"If we do this right, it will also be good for our national security."

"We do have a security issue because of dependency on foreign oil."