Tom Carper: “I take far greater comfort in the words of my friend from Illinois. But what we heard about Washington, DC,--this place…”

“I take far greater comfort in the words of my friend from Illinois. But what we heard about Washington, DC,--this place was a target. We had people who lost their lives not many miles from where we are. There was another plane trying to get here. Somehow this place, our Nation's capital, which we acknowledge was a prime target on 9/11, and probably is today, should somehow be allocated less funding under the formulas-- not the one in the bill but allocated less funding--doesn't make sense to me.”