Tom Carper actually said...

"I am optimistic. There is a lot of good stuff in place."

"Since coming into office, President Obama has faced--I think it is an understatement--a complicated set of challenges, both domestic and international."

"From the work that you have done at GAO, could you provide us maybe with an example or two of how an agency was able to bring about better outcomes through the use of performance information?"

"The first State will become next year the last State to host a national park."