Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I don't want to trivialize this important moment, but I am tempted to say: I am Tom Carper, and I approve this message. But I won't say that, but I certainly do approve this message. So pretty remarkable. We have three Members of our body who were born in West Virginia, and one is the daughter of a former Governor of our State and maybe the mother of a future Governor of our State. We will have to wait and see. We have another former Governor of West Virginia who serves here with us and whose wife Gayle actually was in the same high school graduating class with my first cousin Dan Patton. It is really kind of incestuous. But people ask why we get along so well, and I am reminded of the words of Joe Biden. He and I rode the train together a lot of years to Delaware and back when I joined him in the Senate and in the House before that. Joe likes to say--the President likes to say that all politics is personal. He says that all diplomacy is personal as well. And I think you see a little bit of that at work here, and it is just a good reminder for all of us. Before we vote here in a couple minutes, I just want to express once again my support for the legislation before us, the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021. I am a firm believer that actions do speak louder than words, so before we move to a vote, let me close by saluting the unanimous action taken by the Committee on Environment and Public Works on this bill.…”