Tom Carper actually said...

"Thanks very much, and when we get to the Q&A, I am going to be asking you--you talked about the declining awarding of award-fee contracts over the last couple of years, and one of the questions I will..."

"I talked to one of my colleagues the other day, and we talked about how over the last 8 years we have increased our Nation's debt by, I think, more than we actually increased it in the first 208 years..."

"I have a lot of confidence in OMB that they will get it right."

"Then I think beyond that, one Department of Homeland Security official gave a contractor an award fee despite saying the contractor's actions were egregious and 'wasted taxpayer money.'"