Tom Carper actually said...

We have seen the deficit come down from about $1.4 trillion in 2009; last year it was only $680 billion.

Carper highlights the reduction in the federal deficit over recent years.

04/07/2014

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we learned how to leverage the effectiveness of a small Subcommittee by working with the full Committee.

we were able to accomplish a good deal, sometimes just by writing a letter, sometimes just by announcing a hearing.

That is remarkable.

I just want to get to the bottom of this and see if we cannot avoid that brick wall and if we cannot actually get this done this year.