Tom Carper actually said...

"Every now and then I talk to constituents, and we talk about what we are doing to try to reduce the budget deficit."

"Let me just follow that up, and you have partly answered this question, but I want to ask it anyway."

"But this country, like all countries, has an interest not only in protecting our financial system from money laundering and terrorist finance, but also protecting consumers from fraud, collecting taxe..."

"In adversity lies opportunity."