Tom Carper actually said...

"one foot on the accelerator and one foot on the brake pedal"

"I will certainly do if I am confirmed is to make that point very clearly to people operating nuclear power plants that it isn't the point that it is not hurting anyone."

"What we can't afford are mistakes that will derail this renaissance in nuclear power."

"I expect and the public expects that the NRC must be a strong, independent and effective regulator."