Tom Carper: “I think those resources can be brought to bear here, and it is almost an incentive system.”

I ask to be recognized, and I am pleased to be here with you today. I rise today in strong support of critical bipartisan legislation that will come to the Senate floor--not later this year, later this week, or this month, but later today…

I think that's disgraceful.

People ask me what I am proudest of in my life, and I always say, raising three boys, with a big assist from their mom.

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for up to 15 minutes and that Senator Young be recognized to speak after that for up to 5 minutes prior to the scheduled vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…