Tom Carper actually said...

"Thanks for making the extra effort to join us."

"I think it is, I would use the word shameful, in the way that the city has delayed consideration of nominees for judicial posts in the District of Columbia too often and in past years."

"We work in very bipartisan fashion, which I know you try to do at every opportunity."

"Everything I do, I know I can do better. I think everything we do, we know we can do better."