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Tom Carper

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Tom Carper is an American politician currently serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware, a position he has held since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Carper has focused on various issues including healthcare, environmental protection, and fiscal responsibility throughout his career. He previously served as the Governor of Delaware from January 21, 1993, to January 2, 2001, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1983, to January 21, 1993.

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Mar 13, 2013

we have been talking a lot about the physical border and the security measures, and I can tell you, it has drastically changed.

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Mar 13, 2013

Our job is to say, what are our goals? Where is the money? How effectively are we doing it?

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Mar 13, 2013

The crime rates in their communities were at the lowest level in decades and were continuing to decline.

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Mar 13, 2013

I do not know that we are ever going to get to that simple example that I cited earlier...

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Mar 10, 2013

I will be very disappointed if by the second anniversary of the Fukushima accident... our nuclear power plants are not where they are supposed to be.

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Mar 6, 2013

The war that's occurring today is a war that's occurring in cyberspace.

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Mar 6, 2013

General Alexander, head of the NSA, has said it's around $400 billion a year.

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Mar 6, 2013

As you know, we changed it so that--we came back and said, 'Well, why don't we say that, for critical infrastructure, the best practices would be, not mandated, but we'd ask the industries--the owners, the operators of the critical…

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Mar 6, 2013

the stakes are high--and summon the political will to do what's best for America.

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Mar 6, 2013

The reason the bill didn't go through the Senate is because there's a disagreement on the liability protections for business and industry.

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Mar 6, 2013

I'd like to go back a bit in time with each of you, and go back to when the Senate--particularly Senators Lieberman, Collins, Rockefeller, myself, Feinstein--offered the earlier version of our legislation, our comprehensive legislation.

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Mar 6, 2013

Sophisticated cyber thieves are stealing our ideas, our intellectual property.

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Mar 6, 2013

What we have to do is what's in the best interests of the nation.

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Mar 6, 2013

I think, generally, it's been very positive.

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Mar 6, 2013

I'm highly disappointed that OMB didn't release the FISMA report.

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Mar 6, 2013

America's economy and our national security are under attack.

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Mar 6, 2013

It's--what you've laid out, here, this framework, suggests to me that each time--it's the third major proposal, here--each time, it's been changed; and each time, it's been changed to reflect, maybe the legitimate concerns, or maybe not so…

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Mar 6, 2013

No, I think it's an incentive for finishing the work that we began in earnest in the last Congress.

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Feb 28, 2013

Senate Standing rule XXVI requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and to publish those rules in the Record not later than March 1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 27, 2013, a majority…

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Feb 28, 2013

Senate Standing rule XXVI requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and to publish those rules in the Record not later than March 1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 27, 2013, a majority…

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Feb 28, 2013

Senate Standing rule XXVI requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and to publish those rules in the Record not later than March 1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 27, 2013, a majority…

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Feb 28, 2013

Senate Standing rule XXVI requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and to publish those rules in the Record not later than March 1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 28, 2013, a majority…

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Feb 27, 2013

What should we be doing to expand Medicare Advantage in a cost-efficient way that ensures that seniors in all 50 States have a meaningful choice between high-quality Medicare Advantage plans and traditional Medicare?

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Feb 27, 2013

I have heard it often, and I believe them, so we have a responsibility here to try to figure this out.

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Feb 26, 2013

rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the Committee and to publish those rules in the Congressional Record not later than March 1 of the first year of…

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