Tom Carper actually said...

"God bless Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson because when they proposed to the Deficit Commission, they actually said we will take part of the Voinovich-Carper idea."

"I am one of the few people who is actually on record for supporting a modest, gradual increase in the Gas Tax."

"We should reauthorize this whole bill."

"the deficit is a problem? Yes, it is. It is a big problem."