Tom Carper actually said...

A future of more suffering from climate change is not written in stone. We can invest in a cleaner, more resilient electric sector.

I certainly remember my time on the Appropriations Committee having GAO come up first in a panel and having agencies come up second, and see...

We need to get serious about it, deadly serious.

I think it is a real mistake to advocate for earmarks and to be blase about it.