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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.
Senator McCain, along with Senator Brown, spent a lot of time in uniform. I know our Senators felt a special pride in our troops who are serving over there. They are serving with troops from 40 other countries, and not all countries send…
We want to allow people to get out of their cars, trucks and vans by providing them with increased mobility.
That is why I introduced last month, along with Senator Corker of Tennessee, the bipartisan ROADS SAFE Act.
This unacceptable death toll is all the more shocking when you consider that each one of those deaths was preventable.
Expanding the Safe Routes to School Program, like Senate bill 1156, which is bipartisan and has 22 cosponsors, will be a great way to try to begin to make it more of a part of our culture.
I would say that if the Federal Government adopts a Complete Streets policy, which would be Senate Bill 584, that that would go a long way toward improving conditions for bicyclists and pedestrians.
I believe that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and of oil consumption should be two of the goals that define our transportation investments.
We need a transportation system that does not force all Americans to spend a full week of every year stuck in traffic.
We need a new transportation paradigm that fully embraces energy and environmental concerns.
In March Senator Specter and I introduced CLEAN TEA, which seeks to reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.
This imbalance of domestic production and imports creates a harmful dependence upon other countries for our energy.
As a Nation we consume 20 million barrels of oil per day--nearly all of which goes to our petroleum dependent transportation system.
How can transportation policy better integrate electric vehicles into our existing infrastructure?
What role should intercity passenger rail play in the next transportation bill, and what are your suggestions for a primary source of funding?
The role the National Archives should play 5 years, 10 years, 15 years from now, should be the back-up hard drive for the whole Federal Government.
The role of the government, as I think, is to steer the boat, not row the boat.
Did you happen to engage them once the hearing had to stop? Is that when you all had a chance to talk?
Interestingly enough, I saw some polling data today at a luncheon presentation, and the President's favorables and unfavorables or uncertains kind of reflect those numbers right there.
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