Tom Carper

We have a tendency around here to focus on addressing symptoms rather than addressing underlying... cause of disease.

More times than I can count I call on my colleagues on this side of the dais in the Senate to subscribe to the 80/20 rule.

Ted Kennedy and I subscribe to the 80/20 rule. We agree on about 80 percent of the stuff.

Stakeholders in industry and the environmental community have shared and discussed concerns with my own staff about moving these recommendations through your order process.

I think one of the things I like to do around here is try to encourage consensus across the aisle.

I have absolutely no sense that there is anyone on the commission that wants to delay this unnecessarily.

We don't always smile either up here.

This may be a closing thought as we prepare to go vote to save the Republic.

I think we will get more bang for the buck implementing those safety enhancements that will make a real difference sooner by having this prioritized list.

I have joined with the Chair of our Committee, Senator Boxer, to call for a GAO investigation of these allegations.

I applaud him for doing that.

Some of us believe that in fact we have got to do everything we can to make sure that the impossible does not happen.

Safety must always be our top priority.

For the people of Vermont, and I think most people in this Country, unlikely is really not quite good enough.

This is a day that the economy could have melted down, and it looks we are going to be able to avoid that.

We can't afford to make the same mistake.

I was relieved that the task force concluded that an accident like Fukushima is unlikely to happen in the United States.

I believe it is not perfect and we need to make it better.

Any stalling will not be viewed favorably by the American people I can assure you.

I support the Chairman's road map for action within 90 days.

I would say to our witnesses, there are more 'Marks' in the U.S. Senate than any other name.

They expect us to work together.

I think we are going to have a vacancy or two here in very short order, and one of the things I am going to do is to suggest to the Administration and the President that we make sure that we have some folks serving on the Board of…

My bumper sticker these days is 'Better results for less money.'

We cannot afford to let that happen in this country.