Tom Carper actually said...

"I believe I mentioned, a lot of people think we operate under a culture of spendthrift, and what we are trying to do is to move away from that toward a culture of thrift."

"I always joke about when you look up in the dictionary, you look up a particular word, you have somebody's picture."

"how do we get better results for less money. That is really what we do. That is our bumper sticker--"

"Your many hearings highlighting the wasteful spending in this area has led to many improvements in Federal agencies and at the Office of Management and Budget."