Tom Carper actually said...

"maybe the worst thing that could happen was on the heels of this terrible tragedy... for us not to have learned anything from it."

"We need to learn the lessons from that. That information needs to be transparent."

"I think the lesson that we need to learn is what can we take away from the events in Japan that would allow us to evolve that plan?"

"I just hope that you... will think about how it makes any sense to just keep on going unless there is major reinforcements."