Tom Carper actually said...

"the road to improvement is always under construction."

"not all travel is bad. Senator Brown and I actually got to know each other on a congressional delegation trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and that was a good learning experience for both of us"

"I just want to say, thanks so much for making the time to join us today and for providing really an excellent statement."

"But if people in Delaware really behaved egregiously, we tracked their records, tracked their performance and eventually built a case and we were able to remove them from service."