Tom Carper actually said...

"We have been trying for years to get the Department of Defense to give us audited financials--for years."

"Well, I understand, Senator Brown, when Sam Adams held forth here, they did not have a public address (PA) system, but I am also told they did not need it."

"the point of this hearing has not been, as I said earlier, to adjudicate the laws of the ocean or describe what is right or wrong with how NOAA polices our fisheries."

"Congress needs to understand what NOAA is really spending this money for."