Tom Carper said "This glass that is right here where I am sitting, it is empty. This is our transportation trust fund. It is empty." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 24, 2013

This glass that is right here where I am sitting, it is empty. This is our transportation trust fund. It is empty.

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Tom Carper

Democratic · Delaware

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Editor's note · Context

Carper highlights the depletion of the transportation trust fund.

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