Tom Carper actually said...

The real loser is the American consumer.

To me, that is going to cost hundreds and hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The role of Government is not to be the lap dog for business, but to try to provide a nurturing environment for job creation.

However, about 70 percent of the oil that we consume in the U.S. comes from other countries, some of which are undemocratic, unstable.