Tom Carper

One of the things that Senator Isakson looked at and I looked at is just having these kind of advanced directives or other tools be recognized across State lines.

This can turn out a whole lot better than some were willing to believe just a few years ago.

For years, I have sat here with our labor friends from the postal unions, especially to the letter carriers, and urged them to work with the Postal Service to find a way to continue to deliver mail on Saturday.

When we passed our legislation 2 years ago, 62 Senators voted for it.

I just want to make sure that the Postal Service is profitable and viable.

Unless we do our job that they may be compelled, no help from the Congress and the President, to close another 80 or so

Leaders are purveyors of hope.

I think working with Congress, both houses.

We were told a couple years ago that going from 6 to 5-day-a-week service for the Postal Service would save $3 billion a year for every year going forward.

I feel very good about that and have been back a couple times since.

I led a Congressional delegation back there in 1991 to try to find the truth, what happened to a couple thousand of our men, mostly men, some women.

I think leaders are humble, not haughty.

We have a longstanding historical role in the region.

I like to say sometimes in trying to figure out how to solve a problem, there are no silver bullets, but there are a lot of silver BBs and some are bigger than others.

If a nurturing environment is created in one or more of these countries, there will be economic enterprises around the world that will want to invest there.

The United States, in addition to helping the people of the region, have a real foreign policy and strategic policy imperative to remain engaged.

They were about to lose their country.

It was bipartisan support to work with the Colombians together.

The role of the United States in Central America cannot be overstated.

The United States has to play a central role.

I believe they require a humane response and one that honors our obligations under United States and international law.

What we need here is, I think, a truth campaign.

We have too many policemen who do not police, too many prosecutors who do not prosecute, too many judges who do not sentence.

It is not, in my opinion, a border security crisis.

Colombia is, I think, by most people's judgment, is a successful country--economically strong, viable, great trading partner with us, great ally with us.