Tom Carper actually said...

"As has been noted earlier today, our bill, maybe our bills essentially superimpose fast-track authority on top of the President's current rescission authority."

"As a percentage of GDP, our national debt stands today at almost 85 percent, a level I think exceeded only during World War II, during the past 70 years."

"I have always said that if I cannot convince 50 of my colleagues to support a request that I have made, then I am in the wrong business, or at least I am picking the wrong projects."

"I think the President finally saying, if you include funding again for the F-22, I am going to veto the bill, and that was very helpful."