Tom Carper actually said...

"I believe, and have learned in my brief tenure here, that we cannot continue to do the things that we have always been doing, to the detriment of the American taxpayer."

"I do not know how long I will be around here; that is really up to the people of Delaware, but for however long, I am here."

"You could not run the country without the decennial census."

"Good, thank you. I appreciate that."