Tom Carper actually said...

"I think the balance of this bill has it right, because what it basically says is that nothing happens unless Congress affirmatively enacts these changes."

"I think on earmarks the argument--I do not know if Senator Levin made it while I was out of the room, but if we have a grant program, we will say it is a transportation program, so we have like $100 i..."

"If we ever go back in a future Congress and say we are going to restore earmarks in the appropriations process, maybe we could do this: Put a cap like some percentage of revenues that earmarks cannot ..."

"We finally, with the leadership of this man to my left and Senator McCain and this President, we basically pulled the plug on the F-22."