Tom Carper

We have to figure out how to get better results for less money.

I believe that more can be done to protect personal information.

She is really exceptional. She is scary smart. And she is the best.

The two Cs, communicate and compromise. ... it is also the secret for a vibrant democracy.

If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

The head of agencies shall, and it is very specific about empowering the head of the agency

For us in the legislative branch, especially on an oversight committee, what more do we need to be doing to better ensure that we are as close to that $10 billion as we can be?

In adversity lies opportunity.

I would just like, for the record, to indicate that I could barely see Mr. Froman's wife's lips move when he spoke.

Could you provide just a short to-do list, please?

Can you assure us that the USTR under your direction will continue the important work of enforcing the rules on the books?

I talk about investing in three areas: one of those is to invest in a world-class workforce; the second area is to invest in infrastructure, broadly defined; and the third area is in R&D that can be commercialized.

Can you ensure us that you and the folks you would lead will work to address existing barriers for our poultry industry through agreements?

There are real concerns. They are an important trading partner and a really important nation for us to get along well with.

Enforcing the rules on the books is essential to fair trade and to competition.

Well, I have been off in another meeting on immigration reform, and I am happy to be back.

As you know, we have already referred to here to extreme weather events such as the horrific tornado in Oklahoma earlier this week and Super Storm Sandy which visited my part of the Country which seem to be occurring with greater frequency…

I think communication is extremely important in the issue of regulating nuclear facilities.

I just urge the Chair of the NRC to be as responsive as you can be to those concerns.

What are some things that we might be doing to better ensure that our nuclear plants are safe?

If we are interested in performance and actually for the Administration to do its job, there is nobody home.

Maybe, how can we change the incentives so that the folks who are making these decisions are incentivized to do that.

I always ask them to give us advice, like, what should we be doing more of, less of?

You said it has the potential for saving billions of dollars. We agree. And we are not doing that.

Unless there is serious congressional oversight, we are not going to see meaningful progress in the implementation of that legislation.