Tom Carper actually said...

"We have a huge budget deficit, as we know, $1.3 trillion this year, huge increase--a decade ago we had a balanced budget and a surplus."

"For every servicemember that a for-profit college recruits... the for-profit college can then go out and enroll nine other students."

"Our country faces huge budget deficits. We are not sure how we are going to get out of it."

"Given our budget situation, it is important, like you said, to stretch a dollar as far as we can."