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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 13, 2020

Tom Cotton. One of the TCs. We lost a really good TC, Tom Coburn, whom Senator Lankford knows passed away about a month and a half ago. It was a great loss to our country, to his State, and someone whom we will always celebrate here and…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 13, 2020

Mr. President, before the Senator from Oklahoma leaves the floor, may I ask a question of him?

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 6, 2020

I have come today to talk about a couple of bills that the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works reported out today unanimously that would vastly improve our Nation's water infrastructure. What does infrastructure include? It…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 6, 2020

Madam President, before our colleague and friend from Missouri leaves the floor, I want to thank him for a very thoughtful presentation. I want to thank him for that and for his leadership. I know he has other places to go. I am glad I was…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 4, 2020

Mr. President, I rise today to speak on behalf of the nomination of Robert Feitel to serve as inspector general of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees the safety and security of almost 100 nuclear powerplants throughout this…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· May 4, 2020

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 25, 2020

Excuse me. There you go. But if you add the numbers, I am not sure we end up with $24 per hour in Delaware.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 25, 2020

It might be the case, but I would have to see those numbers. My secretary of labor said he thought that the number that we were looking at here was something like $13 an hour in Delaware, when you add it all in, as opposed to 24. So we…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 25, 2020

I will just finish my thought, and then I would be happy to. But in a timely way. And I am just concerned--my second concern, along with my first concern: I am just concerned that the idea to deal with this in a timely way is going to be…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 25, 2020

Mr. President, replying to my colleagues, I think the Senators from Nebraska and South Carolina know that I have great affection and respect for them--and I have from the day they got here. I used to be a State treasurer. I was elected at…

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Mar 25, 2020

Mr. President, I came to this building, this Capitol, about 12 hours ago today and, first thing this morning, recorded a video to share on social media with the folks back home, who have been eagerly asking: What is up? What is happening…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 25, 2020

I would be happy to discuss that with you and better understand what you offer. I wasn't here when you spoke. Thank you. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 25, 2020

I thank the Senator very much. I will go back and will reengage with our secretary and make sure we have the math right. The other point that he made--I asked him: How hard would it be to administer? Is it something we could stand up in a…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 24, 2020

Mr. President, I would say to my colleague, my West Virginia colleague and friend: Don't lose that sense of optimism. It is going to carry us through this and, hopefully, well beyond. I live in Delaware. My wife and I live in Delaware. We…

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Mar 18, 2020

Mr. President, the Senate of the United States has just acted. It has taken up and passed a roughly $104 billion package of assistance that will go out to American families, to American workers, to our healthcare system, to our States, and…

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Mar 16, 2020

Mr. President, I rise to speak briefly about hard decisions. There are hard decisions that have been made all over our country in recent days and weeks--decisions by superintendents of school districts on whether to shut down their schools…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 10, 2020

Madam President, I rise this evening to discuss the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, which is oftentimes referred to as the ``Magna Carta'' of environmental laws. When I think about our Nation's most illustrious documents, I am…

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 4, 2020

Madam President, I commend the Senator from Louisiana for his leadership and for his courage in not just helping to develop this proposal that we have offered in a legislative forum but in trying to make sure that it gets the debate it…

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