Tom Carper actually said...

"We have to bring our 'A' game to the fight every single day."

"I am not sure we are fully implementing them as quickly as we need to, but at least I think on that front we have done our job."

"Several years ago, when Bowles-Simpson was being stood up, they invited input from all of us, and George Voinovich and I suggested that we raise the gas tax and the diesel tax by a penny a month for 2..."

"Oregon has been doing this for 10 years. They are a good laboratory of democracy, and hopefully we can learn from them."