Tom Carper actually said...

"Unless we get our arms around health care costs rising, we are never going to really do a good enough job on deficit reduction."

"I believe that our efforts, and especially those of the dedicated men and women who work along the border, are paying off for the American taxpayers, and they need to."

"I think we struggle with this as a metric--that is the way we are going to measure progress and making the border more secure."

"The crime rates in their communities were at the lowest level in decades and were continuing to decline."