Tom Carper

One area I am really interested in, and I suspect many of us are, is how EPA plans to implement TSCA, the Toxic Substances Control Act, to protect American workers.

I am confident that with their partnership we can move TSCA implementation forward in a manner that honors the late Senator Lautenberg's legacy.

To be able to report out the first major infrastructure legislation and water bill on an 89 to 2 vote was a source of great pride.

I cannot tell you how many people have said to me, I am sure they have to you too, Senator Capito, how many of our colleagues have said it was like the Senate of old.

I think we have a moral obligation... to care for these special places.

I like to describe this committee as workhorses, not show horses.

For every additional dollar of enforcement funds, we could bring in somewhere between $5 and $7 in additional revenues.

Providing additional appropriations funding to the IRS may not be enough.

I will never forget that conversation.

The IRS budget has shrunk, I think since 2010, by something like 20 percent.

Thanks, Mr. Chairman, and my thanks to you and to our Ranking Member on our Subcommittee for holding, we always say this is an important hearing.

I want to thank Senator Cardin, Senator Padilla, and others who joined us, Chris Van Hollen on legislation that is being discussed here to some extent today.

I rise in support of Senator Kennedy's amendment because we need to know more about boil orders, something that I, frankly, hadn't heard a lot about. I thank the Senator for bringing it to our attention. We are in support of this…

We will gather in the Senate Chamber at 8:15 p.m. this evening to proceed as a body to the House of Representatives for President Joe Biden's address. Joe Biden is the first Delawarian ever elected President of the United States. If there…

Now, Mr. President, I will yield the floor, but before I do, I want to salute you for your role in an earlier day, in an earlier place, your State of Colorado, for helping get this started. We are in your debt. Good work. God bless. With…

I had the opportunity to go to the Northern Triangle countries any number of times.

As we work to ensure that migrants are safely and responsibly guided through the immigration process, partnerships with organizations such as Annunciation House and the International Rescue Committee are essential.

I would argue we are not going to be able to fix Central America until we reduce or stop our insatiable demand for drugs.

Why not have folks who want that, to seek asylum in the United States, to go to our embassies, our consulates in their native countries, like Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador. Why not just do that?

Do we have your commitment that you and EPA, your EPA team, will make it a priority to work to stabilize the RFS market?

70 percent of the country's most environmentally contaminated sites are located within one mile of federally assisted housing.

I was going to be Chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

I think it was like 52 percent below what they were in 2005. This announcement helps, we think, we hope, to put our country on a path toward net zero emissions by 2050.

We would be foolish to ignore it.

I am always looking for ways to do good things for our planet, for our environment, for our air, and create jobs and economic opportunity.