Tom Carper actually said...

"They are afraid. And they represent a lot of other people as well."

"You have been leading the fight against EPA's air standards, so it is unclear to me how you are appropriate to serve in the position to enforce those standards."

"The air is poisoned, asthma rates, lead poisoning rates, the water is poisoned because corporations, pressing their hand and their power and their money, have been able to poison communities to the ex..."

"But we can do better than that. EPA needs to do better than that. They need to show us more progress, and when we do we will be happy to move these nominations forward. I don't think that is asking to..."