Tom Carper

We must act now while the ability to mitigate the most harmful impact is still within our grasp.

The more severe, the more costly, and perhaps irreversible, the effects of climate change are becoming.

Without action on climate change, we will need to spend billions of dollars in this century to protect our State.

For decades, the fear of the cost to combat climate change prevented any real action on this issue in Congress.

I do not think we are going to raise the gas tax by a penny a month for 25 months.

I said, let us raise the user fees--not by a dollar, not by half a dollar or 25 cents, but let us raise them.

The truth is our roads, highways, bridges, our transit systems are in bad shape and getting worse.

Why don't we raise the gas and diesel tax by a penny a month for 25 months?

Another truth is, if things are worth having, they are worth paying for.

There have to be changes. So, if you can build to that on a bipartisan basis with a commission, more power to you.

Tell us what the rules are going to be. Give us some flexibility, a reasonable amount of time, and get out of the way.

I just want to thank you as Republicans for giving such great bipartisan support to this President's agenda.

One of the key roles of government is to create a nurturing environment for job creation and job preservation.

We do not create jobs. What we do is help create a nurturing environment.

To communicate, to compromise, to collaborate.

Creating jobs, which American people want us to do, is not simple and it is not going to come just as a result of, for instance, raising taxes on business.

The ability to protect intellectual property, R&D, those kinds of things, our personally identifiable information (PII).

It saves money, saves these programs, does not savage old people or poor people.

You were the best of the Republicans running maybe the last time out.

It is great to see you, my friend.

The Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership is a good example of bipartisan cooperation.

We do not create jobs. What we do is help to create a nurturing environment for job creation.

We have to get it started somewhere.

We are on a roll here.

I oftentimes travel back and forth to Washington on the train and catch an early train in the morning.