Tom Carper actually said...

"I like that. I will use that one too--this is not the time to take the foot off the accelerator."

"Can we say that we are getting what we are paying for? Can we say that we have looked at every nook and cranny of our IT investments?"

"The first time I use it, I will attribute it to you. After that, it is mine."

"As it turns out, with the kind of budget deficits we have today, it is hard to believe that we had three balanced budgets in a row in 1999, 2000 and 2001."