Tom Carper

$1.5 billion in private dollars, maybe nothing from the Federal Government.

I have always been intrigued by how do we harness financial incentives in order to drive good public policy behavior.

Well, that is great to hear.

The amount of buying power that the Federal Government possesses is remarkable.

Well, I would say this is the change we need.

You picked 2,000 and they represent 70 percent of the----

Well, what should we do about that?

And in return for that, the Federal Government gets less expensive electricity.

Am I missing something? Do you think Federal agencies should adopt advanced metering as a technology with a relatively quick payback period?

Given your business model and all those vehicles you have, is there any potential for not just saving money, but actually making some money through a vehicle-to-grid approach using your 200-and-some-thousand vehicles for that purpose?

I like to say that sometimes people would rather see a sermon than hear one, and I think in a number of respects, the Postal Service has shown us a sermon, really by your behavior, and I just applaud you for that.

I understand that the power purchase agreements allow the private sector to economically make use of military land to build solar-powered generators.

We probably can learn from what other countries have done in that regard.

In about 4 hours and 45 minutes, my colleagues and I will be over in the House of Representatives, and we will be hearing from the President.

There are those kinds of unanticipated consequences we just need to be mindful of.

That is a good sign. Thank you.

Yesterday, I got to drive the Chevrolet Volt. I call it the most advertised car in the world that has never been built.

Like Rutherford B. Hayes used to say, good policy makes for good politics, or something to that extent.

Many would argue that nothing should get in the way of this mission or make it harder for the Department to achieve it.

Well, we have a $300 billion tax gap, so this maybe will help.

But there are some who are supportive of giving you that kind of flexibility.

We all know that it could also pose a security threat by the second and third generation nationals who have been radicalized.

I believe that relying too closely or too narrowly on just one layer over another has the potential for opening the doors to future intelligence failures.

This program has provided a great benefit to our country and to those who visit our country.

I want to certainly welcome Senator Brown. I am delighted you are with us and we are going to take one of those congressional delegations (CODELs) and go to Afghanistan and Pakistan next month.