Political Quotes

Thomas Carper

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Jan 26, 2010

But the idea was to take some next steps on vehicle-to-grid, where again we use a whole fleet of batteries in vehicles for storage, maybe for electricity you can create by offshore wind or onshore wind, or by solar or other renewables.

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Jan 26, 2010

By making greenhouse gas reductions, the integrating metric for performance, the Executive Order encourages whole systems thinking.

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Jan 26, 2010

Many would argue that nothing should get in the way of this mission or make it harder for the Department to achieve it.

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Jan 26, 2010

Well, we have a $300 billion tax gap, so this maybe will help.

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Jan 26, 2010

But there are some who are supportive of giving you that kind of flexibility.

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Jan 26, 2010

The good news is--and this goes back, again, to the test bed concept--where I think the Defense Department can really make a contribution is using its procurement power as an early technology adopter.

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Jan 26, 2010

I commend you very much, as I did the Postmaster General yesterday, for working as diligently as you are on so many fronts to rein in costs, control your expenses, and also to look for other ways to develop new sources of revenue, and I…

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Jan 26, 2010

we are borrowing from around the world and we are buying way too much.

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Jan 26, 2010

If the Department of Defense can't perform this task, there probably wouldn't be any Postal Service or Department of Energy or budget process.

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