Tom Carper actually said...

"I like to say--this is Albert Einstein speaking through me--in adversity lies opportunity."

"health care costs were killing us. Unless we figured out how to get our arms around those, for the government and the private sector as well, it is going to do us in."

"Did we make enough progress? No, I do not think so. Did we make some progress? Yes, we did."

"The work that we do here for the American people is hugely important."