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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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Jun 7, 2011

I didn't believe it, I rechecked the statistics twice that came out of the EPA.

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Jun 7, 2011

As a U.S. Senator, I worry about every child's health. That's why I've worked so hard with my colleagues--Democrat and Republicans alike--to make sure that all our children have clean air to breathe.

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Jun 7, 2011

For me, that is just more than disappointing, it is almost heart-breaking.

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Jun 7, 2011

The summer smog season, also known as the ozone season, is a powerful reminder of how important it is to have clean air to breathe.

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Jun 7, 2011

We have a very special responsibility to our children to make sure they always have clean, safe air to breathe.

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Jun 7, 2011

Those costs add up to trillions of dollars lost every year in this Country.

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Jun 7, 2011

Smog-causing air pollution from dirty power plants, from automobiles and other sources, is linked to serious health problems, like asthma, like strokes, like heart attacks, and even early deaths.

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Jun 7, 2011

Can you give us a sense of what kinds of costs are incurred by virtue of these treatments?

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Jun 7, 2011

I believe children are best served when their parents have good paying jobs with benefits.

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Jun 7, 2011

These are the very types of jobs that we need so desperately.

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Jun 7, 2011

High energy costs will result from the regulatory freight train of EPA regulations coming down the track.

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Jun 7, 2011

We spend way more money than any other nation.

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Jun 7, 2011

Smog is especially dangerous, as we know, for our children.

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May 25, 2011

I have every expectation that the Korean government will live up to the obligations that it committed to.

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May 25, 2011

U.S. innovation is critical to keeping our business competitive and to creating jobs.

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May 25, 2011

I think it is important for us to more or less do these together is, there is a fair amount of job creation that is going to inure to us in this country from the adoption of an agreement like this.

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May 25, 2011

The agreement eliminates tariffs on two-thirds of American agricultural exports to South Korea.

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May 25, 2011

We are not going to throw you under the bus; we are going to take your interests and your families' interests in consideration to make sure we look out for you, too.

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May 24, 2011

While I am a proponent of clean energy, my top priority for nuclear power remains public safety.

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May 24, 2011

One of the maybe most cost effective ways to leverage our interest in changing the culture around here from a culture of spendthrift to a culture of thrift

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May 24, 2011

Good work. Thank you for all the leadership that you are providing in this regard.

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May 24, 2011

I think the very encouraging work that you and your colleagues are doing with respect to consolidating the number of data centers we have and reducing them, I think you said, from about 2,000 down to around 800 over the next 5 years or so…

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May 24, 2011

We can just continue to give them that advantage and put ourselves at a disadvantage, or we can try to do something about it.

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May 24, 2011

This is money we do not have. This is money that we end up just going around the world and borrowing.

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