Tom Carper actually said...

"The plan totaled some $787 billion over a couple of years, much of it in the form of tax cuts for working Americans."

"Part of what we tried to do in the improper payments legislation that Senator McCain and I, Senator Collins and others, Senator Coburn, Senator McCaskill, had worked on is we said basically there are ..."

"That is why over a year ago, President Obama proposed and this Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to help put Americans back to work."

"I have heard estimates for improper payments for Medicare and Medicaid combined on an annual basis, estimates that go up as high as $60 billion a year, maybe even more."