I have sought to find ways for our infrastructure investments to also promote equity for communities that have not always been treated fairly.
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.
by rail, you can move one ton of freight from Washington, DC, to Boston on one gallon of diesel fuel.
But also critically important in creating a nurturing environment is the ability to move people and products...
If confirmed as Administrator, will you work to ensure that agencies are providing... necessary assistance to counties, to cities, to towns...
mobility is freedom. And for some people it means it is a car, for other people it might mean a bike path...
I think we all agree that we do not want to be disseminating extremist, violence-inducing type of behavior through these platforms, but we also need to protect free speech as well.
vehicle emissions from the transportation sector represent the largest single source of carbon emissions in our country, accounting for something close to 30 percent for all U.S. emissions in 2020.
I like helping people. One of the great things in the jobs that you have done across the country...
I need your assurance that as you develop the competitive grant program, the particular and urgent needs of coastal communities that are at risk of losing vital transportation access are put at the very forefront of the department's…
One of the things that we always come back to in those meetings is the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way we want to be treated.
I am a former Governor of Delaware, and the last Vietnam veteran serving in the U.S. Senate.
I like to ask people, what makes you happy in your life, in your work, whatever you do.
Harry Truman once said, 'The only thing new in the world is the history we forgot or never learned.'
This historic law is going to deliver nearly $370 billion in climate and clean energy funding.
We are trying to seize on the same approach on the Delmarva Peninsula where we take chicken manure and maybe food waste as well and, through a process called, I think, anaerobic digestion, to be able to transform that into something that…
I think putting our emphasis in those positive areas is a much more beneficial way than in a punitive way, such as a cow tax would put forward.
This is a critical down payment on reaching the President' goals on cutting emissions in half by the end of this decade.
I commend Senator Kelly for his leadership on this legislation, as well as our good friend, Senator Burr, the original sponsor of the bill.
EPA has never brought an enforcement case against a manufacturer that sells products exclusively for racing cars.
If you look at the major cause of what is creating this, it is too much carbon dioxide in the air.





