Tom Carper actually said...

"Our job is to do oversight and to try to make sure that we are looking out for taxpayers."

"Completing St. Elizabeth's will save, we are told by the General Services Administration (GSA), will save over a billion dollars during the course of the next 30 years."

"If we are going to invest this type of money, we want to make sure that we have a facility that is good for the next 10, 20, 30, 40 years."

"I did not want to waste taxpayers' money in Delaware, and I certainly do not want to waste money here today."