Tom Carper actually said...

"I wonder whether the 'drill, baby, drill' crowd ever thought about the 'spill, baby, spill' consequences, because that is what we have today."

"As a member from a coastal State I can say that I truly understand the importance of our shorelines to our own local and national economies."

"It seems to me that the one thing that I have noticed about the way things could happen in our present society is we just do not have disincentives for bad behavior."

"I think what Senator Durbin said earlier is--one of the things many of us are concerned about is how do we get the disincentive for the bad behavior."