Tom Carper actually said...

"The role of government is diverse. We are responsible for any number of things--homeland security, defense around the world--any number of things--the environment and so forth."

"Always looking for common ground."

"I could have shut down the State of Delaware. I could have shut our economy down when I was Governor."

"I think we all want a couple of things. We want cleaner air. We want to have a stronger economy."