Ben Cardin

You are urging us to be patient, that this is going to take some time in order to achieve our mission of not only degrading, but destroying and defeating ISIL.

I would urge on the governance piece, which I think is going to be the most challenging considering the history of corruption, et cetera, that there be ways that we can evaluate whether progress, in fact, is being made.

We cannot believe anything President Putin says about his intentions.

I would just urge the administration to be more aggressive in providing the help to the Ukrainian people.

We are in the process of having the ocean acidify at a faster rate than has ever occurred in the history of our species.

I wholeheartedly support this rule. I urge my colleagues to look at both sides of the ledge, not just the fossil fuel industry side.

I applaud the efforts of the Administration to bring China into specific achievable goals as we all work toward our universal responsibilities to deal with climate change.

The cost benefit analysis that we go through when looking at EPA rules under the Clean Air Act or under the Clean Water Act, there are direct savings as Senator Boxer discussed, the number of premature deaths that will be saved, the number…

It is infuriating to see them now cough up the same, tired, half-baked arguments against carbon emission limits that they have been making wrongly for four decades.

We believe that a healthy environment and a robust economy go side by side.

The Clean Air Act has been widely hailed as being very successful.

Carbon combined in our environment, causing climate change, is real. It is causing serious risks not only to the people in our Country but globally.

We can and will have both [a healthy environment and robust economy].

It's time to turn a new chapter in the Clean Air Act.

I fully support regulating carbon from existing power plants.

Can I ask consent that my opening statement be included in the record?

I cannot have a situation in which the other side refuses to acknowledge the reality of what is happening in Rhode Island, of what is happening in Maine, of what is happening in Oregon.

The Clean Air Act is working.

But it changes the current competitive situation, and small businesses are already challenged today.

I was very interested in your exchange with Senator Wyden in regard to the U.S. harmonizing with the international community on tax rates.

We are still seeing community banks in Maryland being challenged to be able to survive.

I would just at least put in a plug that you take a look at the progressive consumption tax that I filed.

I would just urge, as you look at your proposals for retirement securities, that we do not have the unintended consequence of adversely affecting employer-sponsored plans.

If you deal just with corporate tax rates, then those who have pass-through entities or use S corporations would be at a competitive disadvantage.

If you could get back to me on that, I would appreciate it.