Tom Carper actually said...

"I am grateful that we are doing it and grateful to our witnesses for your help."

"Having Senate-confirmed leaders in place promotes more efficient and effective administration."

"We seem to have gotten away from that here, and it is a matter of concern for--it has been a matter of concern for me for a long time through the present."

"one of those Federal agencies that we get a lot of feedback on--you probably do, too, Madam Chair--is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which we underfund."