Tom Carper actually said...

"An ounce of prevention, as my grandmother used to say, 'Is worth a pound of cure.'"

"Now, more than ever we have to find the best value for our tax dollars, and I am amazed as I stay here longer as to how much we actually waste and how we do things and how we really should be doing it..."

"We ended up with a balanced budget approach that worked on the defense side, defense spending, worked on domestic discretionary spending, worked on entitlements, and also revenues."

"One of the questions I often ask of witnesses, particularly when we see a real problem, $402 billion worth in cost overruns, what can we do to help?"