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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Nov 12, 2013

I believe we should carefully review this incident and see if there is anything more we can do to protect TSA employees.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Nov 12, 2013

We are going to work hard to make sure it gets better, and when they do a good job, to make sure they get some credit for that.

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John Carney
@johncarney· Democratic · DE· Nov 12, 2013

I am not sure I will need the whole 5 minutes.

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John Carney
@johncarney· Democratic · DE· Nov 12, 2013

Notwithstanding some of the rhetoric in this committee, we can't bail out banks in the way that was done in 2008.

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John Carney
@johncarney· Democratic · DE· Nov 12, 2013

But I think at the end of the day the question is what is the role of Congress, what is the role of elected officials?

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Nov 6, 2013

Mr. President, my wife ran into one of our old colleagues the other day, a guy named Ted Kaufman. He was the interim Senator who succeeded Joe Biden and held down that slot for 2 years until Senator Chris Coons was elected on his own, not…

Congressional Record · 2013-11-06
Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Nov 6, 2013

Mr. President, I come to the floor to talk about jobs-- about manufacturing jobs. As we all know, manufacturing jobs are high- quality jobs. Manufacturing jobs come with higher pay and higher benefits. Manufacturing jobs help create other…

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Nov 6, 2013

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Manufacturing Jobs

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Nov 5, 2013

Mr. President, my thanks to the majority leader this morning. Before I say a few words about Rev. Gregory Knox Jones, I want to go back in time for a couple of minutes. I was talking to the pages out in the hall behind the leader about how…

Congressional Record · 2013-11-05
Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Nov 5, 2013

We fixed a problem that was created by the original George W. Bush proposal, which I supported.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Nov 5, 2013

Let us keep this in mind: a lot of people in this country, too many, hundreds of thousands of people, they call my office and they call all our offices, they have policies that are not worth the paper they are written on.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Nov 5, 2013

I would have us keep in mind the millions of people over the years who have actually lost coverage.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Nov 4, 2013

What problems are we really trying to solve? What empirical evidence is there that these changes will actually solve those problems?

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Nov 4, 2013

the import and impact of these changes is likely to be highly litigated.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Nov 4, 2013

Balancing those two, finding a path that is appropriate, and ensuring that we do not deny access to justice for those who are aggrieved...

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Nov 4, 2013

Civil litigation in America can be very expensive.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Oct 30, 2013

Mr. President, I rise today to speak in favor of Ms. Patricia Millett's nomination to the DC Circuit Court. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I have the opportunity to closely examine each of the judicial candidates nominated…

Congressional Record · 2013-10-30
Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Oct 30, 2013

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Ohio for his tireless and engaged leadership on manufacturing, on fighting for access to foreign markets on fair terms, for fighting for skills and increasing the skills of our manufacturing…

Congressional Record · 2013-10-30