Tom Carper actually said...

I used to be a politician, but now I am a statesman.

there is nothing that is more effective, maybe, than cuffing somebody that has been behaving, not just badly, but criminally.

The importance of the Single Audit process is, I think, magnified, rather than minimized, by the Recovery Act's emphasis on accountability.

As much help as there is for States to offset the draconian cuts, that States are still going to be in a big hole for the next 3 years.