Tom Carper actually said...

"the President's fiscal year 2018 budget slashes State environmental grants by a staggering 45 percent"

"I believe in Abraham Lincoln's philosophy. People used to say, Mr. Lincoln, what is the role of Government? And he would respond the role of Government is to do for the people what they cannot do for ..."

"the President's 2018 skinny budget decimates the EPA with a 31 percent budget cut"

"Instead, we need to fund these agencies to the fullest extent possible."