Tom Carper actually said...

"Because what we heard here and what we heard in our private meetings with these nominees did not line up with what we read in the QFRs."

"Her focus on the streamlining, or as I call it, the steamrolling, of the National Environmental Policy Act is deeply unfortunate."

"If we get it, then I think we will be able to move forward. If we don't, it will make things more difficult."

"There is a pattern here in terms of our votes. I think a number of us, not all, but a number of folks on our side voted no on several of these nominations."