Tom Carper

The enormous waste and fraud challenges that we have...call out for very large efforts.

One of the concerns, primarily among Democrats but also by Republicans and some Independents, is how do we reduce entitlement spending without significantly cutting benefits and inflicting real harm on people.

We want you to stop making them. Federal agencies, we want you to report them.

All right. That is a good point.

$21 billion--$21 billion--over 10 years by detecting and avoiding improper payments.

The evidence is overwhelming. Mercury causes a reduction in IQ of children born through the mercury in their mother's body.

We all realize that we need electricity.

The fact that we may incur greater costs for health care because our air is dirtier... impedes our ability to maintain our own jobs.

It is absolutely imperative that we find ways to reduce pollution from upwind sources that continue to impair air quality in Delaware.

So many retirements are expected just simply as a result of inexpensive natural gas, but that gives us the opportunity at this point, frankly, to have an ability to bring cost-effective reductions to the table.

We must address this growing inequity through this new Transport Rule; it is a matter of fundamental fairness.

I think Americans understand that there is just an enormous value to our quality of life to take pollutants out of the air.

They are. Up there they are.

We need to have good science driving and look at what the attainment area should be.

Thanks so much for your leadership. It is great to be your partner.

We also need to be fair in the way that we generate that electricity.

Our decisions drive the installation of cost-effective, available pollution control equipments that save lives.

It is a level playing field issue, it is a good neighbor issue, it is a fairness and equity issue.

We are very confident that we not only met our legal obligation, but we also met the spirit of the law.

EPA simply wants to hold all companies to the standards used at the cleanest plants, which have shown that they can succeed by investing in clean technology.

We can and should continue to reduce emissions, but we should do so in a way that protects families from skyrocketing electricity prices.

There is really a fairness question. It really goes back to the Golden Rule; we ought to treat other people like we want to be treated.

Could you take a moment to discuss with us how the Transport Rule... tries to ensure that we are all better neighbors when it comes to air pollution?

The bottom line is rules and regulations aren't making our children sick; pollution is making our children sick.

The Clean Air Act is critically important for the public health of this Nation.