Tom Carper actually said...

"Thank you, Mr. Hale. You are right, we have been promised things before on this front and not often seen those promises fulfilled."

"One of the things I would like to encourage through the course of these hearings is when the Congress is doing things that, frankly, do not make common sense, that do not really add up, you need to te..."

"I am still cautiously optimistic. I am optimistic that we are going to get there."

"I am going to be around for at least a couple more years, maybe even beyond that."