Ben Cardin

When you determine at the police level there is an unfounded case, it generally means that you do not believe the victim.

I think one of the most important functions of our Committee is to oversee what is happening on the enforcement of our laws.

I think that is a recommendation we need to take a very close look at, because I understand that in some jurisdictions they might take a sexual assault and classify it as just an aggravated assault.

I am convinced that sexual assaults prosecutions are at a much lower number than other criminal activities.

I think it is very important. I think we have to have a common set of numbers.

We hear the statistics, we hear the numbers, and I really want to thank particularly Ms. Reedy and Ms. Weil for being here to put a face on the issue.

We write to support the nomination of Elena Kagan to be the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

I do thank Senator Sessions, the ranking Republican member, for the way he cooperated with Senator Leahy to make sure the Senate did its business in getting a full record before voting to confirm Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice of…

What that tells you is--is there any question what the intent is of al Qaeda to come here and kill a lot of Americans?

The WMD Commission said bio is the best way to do it, easiest way to do it.

The No. 1 fundamental is for the senior political leaders at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue to understand the basic issue of biodefense.

I think it is important that we remain focused on this issue even as time goes on.

We cannot let ourselves become complacent as time goes on.

We need to design a balanced strategy for a long haul to attack terrorists and prevent their ranks from swelling while at the same time protecting our country against future attacks.

I want to thank Chairman Boxer and Chairman Whitehouse for holding this critical hearing on dispersant use in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The hearing record will remain open for 1 week for additional statements and questions for the record.

I understand that this is a process that we can do a lot better and we need to do a lot better.

So how far away are we from having that equipment located at the service centers?

Would you just make available to our Subcommittee the cost issues here?

If you make a copy, as you pointed out, make a copy of a fraudulent document, to be able to trace that later is going to be very difficult.

Obviously if someone has used fraudulent documents to get an ID document, that's not going to show up if you have a valid drivers license that was obtained through fraudulent means.

I have confidence in the work that our people are doing but I think we need to have an honest assessment as to whether our passports are going to be safe or not.

So I guess the other thing that has me a little bit concerned in your response is that you said that you detected the two, therefore you knew that GAO was after you, or at least was doing their investigation, and then you changed your…

It's our fourth investigation. It is my second as Chairman and it is disappointing to see that there was the success in again compromising our system.

So it was the Social Security number that triggered the first two, and then there were facial differences I understand it on the next two that----