Tom Carper actually said...

"$1.5 billion in private dollars, maybe nothing from the Federal Government."

"the amount of buying power that the Federal Government possesses is remarkable."

"But the idea was to take some next steps on vehicle-to-grid, where again we use a whole fleet of batteries in vehicles for storage, maybe for electricity you can create by offshore wind or onshore win..."

"Like Rutherford B. Hayes used to say, good policy makes for good politics, or something to that extent."