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."

"How could we help in this regard, other than passing legislation, which I would like to see us do, but how can we help short of that?"

"Do you expect future rules to be implemented this late in the game?"

"It was a bad choice. We are going to do everything we can to reverse that."