Tom Carper actually said...

"I would urge you to think about that some more beyond this, and my hope is your staff here will be thinking about that."

"We operate under two imperatives--well, more than two, but at least two that I want to focus on. One of those is a moral imperative, and the moral imperative is to look out for the least of these."

"there are all kinds of market forces that are really encouraging States to look for better results."

"Okay, thanks."