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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

How likely is it that a country, like Russia, like China, like North Korea, would detonate a nuclear weapon in the atmosphere above the United States?

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

Though we should always strive for perfection, we simply do not have the resources to achieve 100 percent security all of the time.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

This is a fruit that is laying on the ground. I just want to hear a sense of urgency that we are going to seize this day, we are going to seize this day.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

Have any of the Commission's recommendations been codified in statute yet?

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

There has got to be some way that the Postal Service is looking for a way to make money.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

To address these evolving threats, we must always look to stay at least one step ahead of the bad guys or, in some cases, Mother Nature.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

Threats to the homeland have evolved, as we all know, considerably over the last 15 years.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

The high-altitude nuclear explosion EMP threat is real. It is very special.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

But it will kill a lot of people, not instantly, and, that is up to the terrorists' taste.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

When they asked Willie Sutton, why do you rob banks, he says, that is where the money is.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

Is DHS required to implement the EMP Commission's recommendations?

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 21, 2015

This is not something that they could do lightly without realizing that they would suffer nuclear response.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Jul 16, 2015

Madam President, the bipartisan amendment I am offering today with Senator Rubio--and I am grateful to Senator Gillibrand for cosponsoring--this American dream accounts amendment is about one thing: giving every child the chance to go to…

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Jul 14, 2015

Mr. President, I am honored to join with the Senator from Ohio in cosponsoring this amendment. I, too, have recently visited an early college high school in my home State, which Delaware State College, our historically Black college, has…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-14