Tom Carper actually said...

"I think sometimes budget process things are sold for the wrong reasons or misunderstood or judged by the wrong standards."

"As has been noted earlier today, our bill, maybe our bills essentially superimpose fast-track authority on top of the President's current rescission authority."

"As a percentage of GDP, our national debt stands today at almost 85 percent, a level I think exceeded only during World War II, during the past 70 years."

"I have always said that if I cannot convince 50 of my colleagues to support a request that I have made, then I am in the wrong business, or at least I am picking the wrong projects."