Tom Carper

I appreciate the kind words you have had to say about the legislation we have reintroduced this year.

In fact, in 2002, Congress passed what is known as the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), to help prevent many of the problems that we are going to be discussing today.

I think we will wrap it up at this point. I have another hearing that started at 9:30 this morning that is still going on on climate change legislation.

I find it even more troubling that OMB, which is known for their budget prowess, has never asked for a detailed accounting of what an agency spends on cyber security.

In a day and age when we have seen in the first 8 years of this decade, we literally doubled our Nation's debt, we ran it up by another $1.

I think contracting. All this really comes down to contracting, and when it is done ad hoc in stovepipes by different agencies, not sharing information, not building it together, you get a lot of systems that, at the end of the day, some…

I suspect you have been following the current debate about whether there ought to be a cyber coordinator.

Thanks for being a good role model over at the State Department and USAID for the rest of us.

I think OMB has the ability to ask agencies if they would follow a model similar to that of the Department of State.

I like your concepts that you have in this bill, government using its power. I think that will drive a congruity of products that is absolutely necessary in this case to get this solved.

Imagine the terrifying scenario of a hacker creating uncertainty as to the validity of the data residing on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air traffic control systems.

Other than support at the top, what were the other key elements in your success?

Sometimes I think there is value in saying, all right, this is our target; this is where we need to be.

We call for reducing mercury emissions by 90 percent in our legislation, not a cap and trade approach.

It is a good issue. It is a bad issue, but it is a good one to try to be on top of.

I think it is a very important step in the right direction.

It is an important step forward, and I applaud when you take that first step toward a goal.

I want to thank our Chair for including in the mark the 3 percent allowance to go to transportation strategies, to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

I can say for the audience and for my colleagues, the most fun I have ever had driving a car.

Some of our witnesses have talked today about predictability.

Several years from now, when people come to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and they look out to the east, they will see something sticking up above the horizon about half the size of my thumbnail, and it will be a windmill farm generating…

We would like to commend Senator Carper and his Coal Working Group for their continued efforts to accelerate CCS.

It is clear that the Chair understands the role that public transportation, commuter rail, Amtrak, freight rail and smart growth can play in climate solutions.

I want to applaud the Chair for including our CLEAN-TEA legislation in her bill and for providing up to 3 percent of allowances for clean transportation projects.

The best way I believe to bring jobs and prosperity back to our country is also the best way to end our dependence on foreign oil.