Tom Carper actually said...

"the States are laboratories of democracy, and they give us the opportunity to find out what works and do more of that"

"I don't think that is a winners and losers contest that we should be in, and it is not a contest that I think we should allow the States to get into because of all the other collateral costs of suppre..."

"I am sitting here thinking about Dwight Eisenhower and his leadership, which got us started on the interstate highway system."

"Our tradition in this Committee is to work across the aisle to work together, and we do that pretty well"