May 23, 2012
As it turns out, with the kind of budget deficits we have today, it is hard to believe that we had three balanced budgets in a row in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
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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May 23, 2012
In naval aviation, when we had a really hard thing to do, we would describe it; a really hard thing to do was like changing an aircraft engine when you are in flight.
May 23, 2012
The deficit ballooned a couple of years ago to about 1.5 trillion, and we have been reining it back in.
May 23, 2012
I think we have produced amazing value in that delta, I think, in the past 3 years by innovating with less.
May 23, 2012
We are the stewards and champions of privacy and security for American citizens.
May 23, 2012
You can only improve what you are measuring. You have to inspect what you expect.
May 23, 2012
If you were in our shoes, if you were sitting up here and you were serving your State in the U.S. Senate and you were on this Committee, or Subcommittee, what would you do differently, more of or less of, to make sure that the Legislative…
May 23, 2012
The role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.
May 22, 2012
That is just one more tool to help people, encourage people, enable people to take personal responsibility.
May 22, 2012
One indiscretion of the nature that has been reported in Colombia, one indiscretion is one too many.
May 22, 2012
some of the best guidance I ever received in my life is 'to figure out the right thing to do and just do it.'
May 22, 2012
It provides that people who walk into a chain restaurant later this fall will look up on the menu board and see, for the item being served, cost and calories.
May 22, 2012
Later this year, part of the health care law that we passed will go into effect in States across the country.
May 22, 2012
The role here for us, and I think for you, and certainly for Mr. Sullivan, is to ensure that we have found out the facts, provided appropriate punishment for those who have misbehaved, and to put in place the policies and the safeguards to…
May 17, 2012
over this past weekend, while reading the News Journal, Delaware's only statewide newspaper, I came across a column written by my good friend and our former colleague, Ted Kaufman. He was writing about an issue that is troubling to me and…
May 16, 2012
I want to close and say to my friend, Senator Conrad, I know the Senator, as much as I, favors Bowles-Simpson, and I want to thank the Senator for the work he is doing in bringing attention to it again and saying this is still the best…
May 16, 2012
in listening to the presentation of my friend from Mississippi, I am reminded of the words of Harry Truman when he said something to the effect: The only thing new in the world is the history we forgot or never learned. I want to go back…
May 16, 2012
Recently with the help of Senator Carper and Senator Coons, Governor Markell was able to announce the decision of Bloom Energy
May 9, 2012
We actually try to do that in our bill by allowing employers to provide premium discounts of as much as 30 percent for folks who take better care of themselves.
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