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.
I now move that the Committee report S. 2372, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2021, as amended.
We can do a lot better, and I thank you, Chairman, for your leadership to help us get there.
I am honored to follow my colleague from Wisconsin, and I rise as well regarding the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. As some of you will recall, one of…
We face terrific challenges with way too much carbon dioxide in the air, and that we need to do something about it.
For some time, I have encouraged leadership at TVA to do all they can to make TVA an industry leader, not a laggard, when it comes to clean energy, energy efficiency, and industry safety.
I think I would like to be mayor of Newark or New Ark. I'm not sure which one.
It would be a tragedy if that deadline meant that the money did not get to where you intended it to go.
Having a full understanding of how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which we helped write literally in this room, and how it is being implemented and used by communities is, I think, the critical next step in ensuring that these funds…
I don't recall the last time a Chairman or a Chairwoman suspended their questions so I could ask a question, but thank you for your kindness.
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognizing the Commissioning of the USS ``Delaware''
I rise today to mark a moment in history for the First State, your neighboring State, to celebrate the first U.S. Navy vessel to be named after Delaware in more than 100 years. In 2 days, I will be joined by the Secretary of the Navy, the…
We are proud of the legislation that we passed. We are very proud that it was a bipartisan bill.
I am pleased that we were able to deliver significant, historic reforms by passing the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act, which Ranking Portman and I authored.
When the Postal Service was first really envisioned in the Constitution of our country, and Ben Franklin became the first Postmaster General, the idea there was to try to bind our country together for communications and really for economic…
I have worked on these issues, as you may know, for years and years and years.
This man to my right, Senator Peters, was Chairman of the Committee for like barely a year, and we passed the legislation that the President is going to sign in a couple days.





