Thomas R. Carper: “According to the EPA, ozone pollution, also known as smog, is one of the most prevalent cross-State air pollutants in…”

You and our colleagues have heard me invoke in this room more times than I can count the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way I want to be treated.

If I had known--as you know, the breadth of the issues that we cover in this Committee are enormous. It is impossible for any of us to fully master each of them.

I think that's really disgraceful, and it's unacceptable that the local DC courts have vacancies that last years because the Senate fails to act in a timely way.

We help make the rules for the country, and we do not do this by ourselves.