@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
One of the things we try to focus on in this Committee is not dealing with symptoms of problems, but how do we deal with root causes of the problems.
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@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
part of the trade negotiations going on right now with the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership is the use of vaccinations in livestock or birds and to what extent does that impair our ability to sell to a lot of different countries.
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
I think we adopted it maybe a year or so ago and I do not know if we have had enough time to actually get it up and running.
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
It was the birthplace of the modern broiler or meat-type industry in the United States.
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
You indicated there is a lot of bureaucracy, a lot of red tape, and it can be very frustrating, time consuming.
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
When we have a farm that goes down in Delmarva because of the avian influenza, a lot of times, countries around the world will just say they are not going to take any of our chickens.
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
One of my favorite sayings, if it is not perfect, make it better.
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
They cleaned those up. They have been cleaned up a lot. That has helped a lot.
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
Is that something we are actually doing now, where we have, like, one designated person, so you do not, like, call a call center and get switched from person to person to person?
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
Just talk to us about root causes here. Is there any way to address this challenge, this problem with the avian influenza by addressing not just the symptoms of the problem, but by addressing root causes, or is that just not possible?
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2015
The Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership which we are attempting to negotiate and will probably have a chance to vote up or down on later this year.
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Jun 25, 2015
Mr. President, today I wish to honor someone I have had the privilege of calling a friend for many years and who is retiring after serving the State of Delaware for the past 6 years, Alan Levin. Alan and I both had our first tours of duty…
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Jun 25, 2015
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Hatch be recognized following my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
@johncarney· Democratic · DE· Jun 25, 2015
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my many colleagues in highlighting the urgency of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank. On Monday, I visited a steel company in New Castle, Delaware, called V&S Delaware Galvanizing. This small business…
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jun 24, 2015
Mr. President, over the past few months I have been coming to the floor to recognize the work of a few of the outstanding employees of the Department of Homeland Security. There are over 200,000 men and women who work at the Department's…
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jun 24, 2015
Mr. President, I wish to begin by talking about two subjects. The first of those is the nuclear agreement that our Nation and five other nations are seeking to negotiate with Iran, and the second is I wish to do something we don't do often…
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jun 24, 2015
I ask unanimous consent to proceed for an extra 6 minutes. May I prevail on the Senator from Ohio? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?