Tom Carper actually said...

"I know it is extraordinary. And to your staffs. Thank you for standing up and saying, all right, this is where we draw the line."

"Yet, the President says, we are going to have fiscal discipline. Members of Congress say, we are going to have fiscal discipline. Our question is when?"

"I think speaking from the Concord Coalition's point of view, the value in enhanced rescission is the deterrent effect it would have."

"I really cannot understand why line-item veto is good enough for 41 States, but when it comes to the Federal level a much tamer expedited rescission authority is viewed by some as an unacceptable shif..."