Tom Carper

We cannot afford to be here a year from now discussing how we can dig ourselves out of yet another Postal crisis.

One of my top goals since I joined this Committee 400 years ago---- No, 15 years ago--has been to address these challenges and to help the Postal Service find a way to thrive in the 21st Century.

In an earlier existence, as a Governor, I was a founding Vice Chairman of something called the 'American Legacy Foundation.'

We spent about a quarter of a trillion dollars in the last 10 years to fortify the border... but we spent about one percent of that... addressing the root causes of emigration factors.

We spend a fair amount of time on this Committee focusing on root causes, as opposed to symptoms of problems.

We do not need to engage in demagoguery or run from our moral obligations in order to keep Americans safe.

When we make careless comments about the nature of Islam or the need to keep Muslims out of the United States for political purposes, we feed ISIS's narrative that the United States is at war with Muslims.

ISIS and ISIS-inspired attacks remain a major threat in this country.

One of the most important jobs of our government--in fact, State and Federal and local as well--is to make sure that our people are safe.

You will have one chance to put together a world-class team around you, and the people who elected you.

James Lankford asked really good questions, a very perceptive fellow, and talked about the idea of having a VA in the future.

If it is not perfect, make it better.

I feel very fortunate.

I always say my sons. We know you are proud.

I started with saying the first year I was going to revitalize, reengage, and reinvent the agency, and I also said it was the year of the employee. Well, after 6 years as Chairman, I realize every year is the year of the employee.

If you have it, nothing else matters. If you do not have it, nothing else matters.

Leadership is important. I think one of the important factors is to establish some core values-- transparency, accountability of leadership, communication, and I think those are values that should be embedded in an agency, regardless of…

We want to treat other people the way we would want to be treated, and we feel like there is an obligation with respect to judicial nominations.

I'd like to ask about the timeline for ratification of the BEPS Action on permanent establishment (PE).

While we have been talking a lot about tax reform in this country, other places have actually been doing it.

I think one way to keep R&D jobs in the United States is to have a permanent R&D credit.

As my colleague from Alabama prepares to leave, I want to wish him and his family a happy Thanksgiving holiday and I look forward to seeing him in 10 days.

I certainly agree that the Refugee Resettlement Program has robust procedures in it to help ensure the security of Americans.

The thing that keeps me up at night more than anything else is the folks that are here, homegrown, born here, raised here, in many cases, and they become radicalized, and they can do great damage from the inside.

Something I said earlier that I think you heard, and I talked about competing moral imperatives...