Tom Carper actually said...

"This is Putin's oil spike, there is no doubt about that. This is Putin's price spike."

"Last, I will quote a former Saudi oil minister from the country I was the Ambassador to. He said the Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones; it ended because we invented something better."

"At a time when America's energy costs are tied to the whims of dictators like Vladimir Putin, our hearing today will explore how our Nation can promote American energy security."

"We can tell Russia we don't need their oil any more than we need their caviar."