Tom Carper actually said...

"Our job is to say, what are our goals? Where is the money? How effectively are we doing it?"

"The crime rates in their communities were at the lowest level in decades and were continuing to decline."

"I think we struggle with this as a metric--that is the way we are going to measure progress and making the border more secure."

"We need to make sure that we are getting our money's worth out of those forces on the ground."