Tom Carper

It reflects a carefully balanced compromise and attention to all the stakeholders' concerns.

Our bill would clean up the Postal Service's books by refunding the more than $10 billion it has over-paid.

I think it has been good for the country and the Senate.

The Board's intemperate and unhelpful comments do not help to advance it.

The situation that the Postal Service faces is dire. It is not hopeless. This is something we can fix.

And I would say, Senator Collins really spoke for both of us when she said that.

We cannot afford to let the Postal Service collapse or to let this uncertainty prevail.

My best business judgment is that it is not sufficient.

Those are just some of the provisions that we included in the legislation that are designed to help on the cost side.

The issue of post office closings, as Senator Collins well knows, was a difficult issue to wrestle with.

I think it is great that you could come by and introduce Ms. Tobin.

I think what EPA is trying to do is to say, as we make progress on those fronts, let's just make sure that we are being smart with respect to the emissions that come from the fracturing or the fracking process.

Without control technology, fracking can result in the release of natural gas and methane into the atmosphere.

As the use of fracking increases, we have a responsibility to ensure that developments happen responsibly.

I try to use common sense. And I encourage Federal agencies to do the same.

It sounds from your testimony today that since implementing your State standards that you have seen some positive impacts on air quality. Is that true?

At the end of the day, though, do you believe that industry can meet the standards that are laid out for them by EPA?

We have these emissions that have value and that can be harnessed rather than just flared.

If it isn't perfect, make it better.

Any other witnesses want to react to the concerns raised by Mr. Smith?

Some critics claim that EPA's cost benefit analysis numbers are off base.

It is my understanding that EPA has made some changes from the proposal, the original proposal to the final new source performance standards for the fractured natural gas wells.

I used to say when I was Chairman there that the States are laboratories of democracy.

Ms. McCarthy, I think that wraps it up with you. You are a good warm-up act for these other guys.

I would just say, when you and I were serving as Governors together, we found ourselves in my State in a position where we could literally have shut down the State, shut down the State in order to try to comply with Clean Air requirements…