Tom Carper actually said...

"Two, we need tax reform that I believe generates some revenues."

"the three keys to deficit reduction, if we are serious about it, are tax reform that makes more sense out of the tax code and actually produces some revenues for deficit reduction; entitlement reform ..."

"I, from time to time, tell people who have quite a bit of money that they are going to have to pay some extra taxes if we are going to get the job done on deficit reduction."

"this is a shared responsibility. This is a team sport, and we are part of the team."