Ben Cardin

I am going to make a plea to my Republican colleagues.

I just hope the members will have a chance to talk.

The Homeland Security Committee Minority Office estimated that President Trump's wall could cost up to $70 billion.

The government has a responsibility... but when you assume the government responsibility, you have to show leadership.

This is ethnic cleansing. It is pretty clear. And if we do not say it, it will happen again and again and again.

If I could just get a yes or no answer on your personal views whether what is happening there is ethnic cleansing.

Deputy Assistant Secretary Murphy said that progress is being made on humanitarian access, specifically referencing a positive statement by the State Counsellor on October 12.

This is ethnic cleansing.

Make no mistake about it. Atrocities are taking place in Burma. We have a humanitarian crisis.

Do you believe an open process is starting at maybe 2 o'clock tomorrow morning when no one is listening and that having 1 minute of time to debate an amendment is an open process?

The responsibility for trade policy rests with the Congress.

We provide the parameters on which those negotiations should take place.

My point is--and I think your reference to NAFTA is very important--we are in new territory here, and if the United States does not lead on this, no other country will.

Unless it is in the core agreements and there are trade sanctions, you are not going to make the progress.

There may be discretion on delay, but delay can cost people lives, so there needs to be a sense of urgency on public health.

We just reauthorized the Chesapeake Bay Program, the Federal role in the Chesapeake Bay Program by unanimous vote.

The obligation of the EPA is to implement the laws that are passed by Congress.

This is not hypothetical; it happened just a few weeks ago.

I have a major concern for the safety of the people in Baltimore.

I have been listening very carefully to this hearing, and I think the last point, Mr. Shay, is pretty telling...

I am prepared to move on corporate tax reform, but not by increasing the deficit.

I would hope that there is a closer relationship than just complying with the congressional mandate.

This is a direct affront to congressional input that you all thought was important.

I am concerned that I do not see that commitment as definitively as I want.

The people of this country probably have focused more on what happened in Washington, D.C. against peaceful protesters and the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.