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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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Apr 6, 2022

The yeas are 10, and the nays are 10. The amendment fails.

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Apr 6, 2022

I now move that the Committee report S. 2372, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2021, as amended.

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Apr 6, 2022

I trust Governor Carper as much as I trust Senator Carper.

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Apr 6, 2022

The yeas are 10, and the nays are 10. The amendment has failed.

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Apr 6, 2022

I move to approve and report the nomination favorably to the Senate.

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Apr 6, 2022

We can do a lot better, and I thank you, Chairman, for your leadership to help us get there.

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Apr 6, 2022

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…

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Apr 6, 2022

I want to thank everybody for staying so we can get this show on the road.

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Apr 5, 2022

TVA can and must do more, and it all starts with leadership.

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Apr 5, 2022

Our State is sinking. The waters around us are rising.

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Apr 5, 2022

We face terrific challenges with way too much carbon dioxide in the air, and that we need to do something about it.

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Apr 5, 2022

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.

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Apr 4, 2022

Madam Chairman, thank you very much for holding the hearing.

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Apr 4, 2022

I think I would like to be mayor of Newark or New Ark. I'm not sure which one.

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Apr 4, 2022

It would be a tragedy if that deadline meant that the money did not get to where you intended it to go.

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Apr 4, 2022

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…

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Apr 4, 2022

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.

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Mar 31, 2022

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''

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Mar 31, 2022

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…

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Mar 30, 2022

We are proud of the legislation that we passed. We are very proud that it was a bipartisan bill.

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Mar 30, 2022

Yes. Mr. Kan, a 'yes' or 'no' would be good.

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Mar 30, 2022

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.

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Mar 30, 2022

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…

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Mar 30, 2022

I have worked on these issues, as you may know, for years and years and years.

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Mar 30, 2022

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.

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