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Tom Carper: “I think I speak not just for Senator Capito but for all our colleagues on this Committee, it has really been a privilege…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2022
I think I speak not just for Senator Capito but for all our colleagues on this Committee, it has really been a privilege for us at this point in time in our Nation's history to have a chance coming out of the worst pandemic in 100 years, one of the worst recessions since the Great Depression, to have the opportunity to work on this set of issues that really will help get this economy moving, make us more productive, and enable us to help a whole lot of families who need some hope and need some help.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper emphasizes the privilege of addressing economic recovery post-pandemic and recession.

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