Tom Carper actually said...

"Every approach that has been explored... have been rejected by opponents for those who seek to block the ability of District residents to have equal rights."

"It is incumbent upon those of us who enjoy the right and privilege of full voting rights to take up the cause of our fellow citizens here in the District of Columbia and to find a workable solution."

"We had no pension fund, we had no cash management system."

"I think equality is a prerequisite to democracy, and any other solution that does not give us full equality, I think, is like asking us to sit in the middle of the bus."