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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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Mar 23, 2009

We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

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Mar 23, 2009

Senator Inhofe, thanks very much, thanks for your leadership and your continued strong participation.

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Mar 23, 2009

Thank you very much. Again, my apologies to the Committee.

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Mar 23, 2009

Thanks. Your entire statement will be made part of the record.

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Mar 23, 2009

It has been great working with Senator Voinovich on these issues and a bunch of others.

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Mar 23, 2009

We need a culture of safety in every single nuclear power plant that we have now and those that we are going to build.

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Mar 23, 2009

I appreciate yours and the Committee's support on giving us the finances we need to make our decisions to protect the American people.

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Mar 23, 2009

I think there were a lot of applications in at that time as well.

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Mar 23, 2009

How are you bridging the education gap between the older generation at the NRC and the newer generation of employees?

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Mar 23, 2009

Only with a safety-focused nuclear industry can America reap the benefits of clean, safe nuclear power.

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Mar 23, 2009

Mr. Denton, you are a little bit over 6 minutes. I am going to ask you to try to wrap it up here very shortly if you can, please.

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Mar 23, 2009

This is not a time to rest on our laurels.

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Mar 23, 2009

If it isn't perfect, make it better.

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Mar 23, 2009

This is a time to remain vigilant.

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Mar 23, 2009

Without a safe nuclear industry, there will be no nuclear industry.

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Mar 4, 2009

To the extent that we can get the money back, we need to do that.

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Mar 4, 2009

If that goes well, we hope to be able to do the same kind of thing in Medicaid.

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Mar 4, 2009

We are going to be very aggressive about seeing that gets prosecuted, as aggressive as we can possibly be if the facts support those kinds of things.

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Mar 4, 2009

The extra $300,000 stays in the State, can be used for other DelDOT projects.

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Mar 4, 2009

There is nothing that is more effective, maybe, than cuffing somebody that has been behaving, not just badly, but criminally.

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Mar 4, 2009

I used to be a politician, but now I am a statesman.

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Mar 4, 2009

The importance of the Single Audit process is, I think, magnified, rather than minimized, by the Recovery Act's emphasis on accountability.

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Mar 4, 2009

As much help as there is for States to offset the draconian cuts, that States are still going to be in a big hole for the next 3 years.

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