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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.
A lot of people think we can't get much done this year and that we are just going to ride it out and just end up with delay and inability to find common ground. I am more hopeful, particularly in this area, that we can surprise some people.
If we could work something out, we could eliminate all of this stuff, or most of it, so that people know where they are going, what am I going to have to do, how much am I going to have to invest, what am I going to have and so forth.
Air pollution causes serious health effects, including asthma, cancer, brain damage--even death.
When we get into questions, one of the questions I will be asking of the Administration is about cost and benefit.
Unfortunately he is thinking of leaving us at the end of the year. He is on a mission--and I am, too--to make sure that a number of items on his agenda list get completed.
A majority of Americans--more than 175 million people--live in areas where there is enough air pollution to endanger their lives or threaten their health.
Simply put, we've got to do better. Much better. And the good news is we can.
I believe this Congress needs to pass bipartisan legislation that I co-authored along with Senator Alexander and 14 others of our colleagues, Democrats and Republicans.
This will provide certainty to everyone--those who offer consumers financial products and to consumer themselves.
One change made by the conference committee was to restate the preemption standard in a slightly different way, but my reading of the language indicates that the conference report still maintains the Barnett standard for determining when a…
I am very pleased to see that the conference committee on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act retained my amendment regarding the preemption standard for State consumer financial laws with only minor…
In closing, I want to come back later today and talk about the Improper Payments Act, which is going to be passed by the House today and I hope signed by the President, to speak about why that is another important step to get our fiscal…
I think your audit has pointed out an area that Medicare needs to pay a lot more attention to.
We are spending about $460 billion this year, and the amount of waste that has been identified ranges anywhere from $36 billion to, I think, $60 billion.
I think it would be difficult given the current state of Federal procurement time frames.
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