Tom Carper actually said...

"We need to find a better way to reduce wasteful spending without jeopardizing the funding for our top priorities."

"Every year, as Senator Feingold has said, Congress passes a number of spending bills, and, not surprisingly, these bills sometimes include spending on items which many of us would consider of marginal..."

"We need to begin easing off of the accelerator with one foot and start tapping the brakes with the other foot, as we begin to slow the growth in spending and again begin to grow revenues."

"Can you identify any use for presidential rescission authority if the President cannot get a vote in Congress?"