Tom Carper actually said...

"We should be a little harder."

"Senator Lautenberg. He is a generous man, also; he wasn't just mean, our Chairman."

"Having said that, we also know now that burning coal, if we are not careful, if we are not smart about it, we can create enormous health problems for folks who happen to be downwind from us."

"There is no excuse for operating coal plants that don't have pollution control equipment on them for sulfur, nitrogen, and mercury."