Tom Carper actually said...

"I am actually encouraged that we are seeing a little bit of a restoration of bipartisan spirit in the Senate, which is good."

"I think the balance of this bill has it right, because what it basically says is that nothing happens unless Congress affirmatively enacts these changes."

"If we were to restore earmarks in that limited way with a lot of transparency, the idea of having the legislation before us, actually signed into law, I think would be helpful in an earmarks restored ..."

"The last President, this President, current Secretary of Defense said, 'Why don't we stop buying more C-17s?'"