Tom Carper actually said...

"thank you for holding this hearing, thank you for being so intelligent, especially with our colleagues from Maryland."

"The ways you have responded to that question certainly raise for me, and I suspect for a number of my colleagues, the question whether the President did somehow intervene and express a view."

"And I am not a big fan of yes or no questions and answers, but this really is one, and we would like for you to tell us the truth."

"If the people know the truth, they won't make a mistake."