Tom Carper

President Biden has stated that households making less than $400,000 per year should not face any increase in their tax burden.

We have been talking with our colleagues about the need at the IRS for resources that include people, that include technology, that include money.

For every dollar that we provide in additional resources to the IRS, the payback to the Treasury is something like 7 bucks.

The only way to get our economy back on track, to get our lives back to normal is to put the pandemic in our nation's rear-view mirror.

I have a follow-up, if I could. How would you seek to improve the coordination and communication between FEMA and State and local governments?

Ms. Criswell, my sister and I were about 10, 11 years old during the polio epidemic in our country...

The Base Erosion and Anti-abuse Tax, also known as BEAT--needs some reforms.

The basic design of the BEAT disincentivizes the use of these tax credits.

I like to say, if it isn't perfect, make it better.

Whether you voted yes or no, I am glad we got this far, the opportunity to put out the nominations, and we will have an opportunity to revisit.

It is hard to have life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness without water, without clean water to drink.

That is good. That is great. OK, folks, we can be proud of that.

I am pleased that we are able to work with Senators Capito, Duckworth, Lummis, Cardin, and Cramer to resolve the outstanding issues with the circulated text.

That sounds just about as close as it gets, but at the end of the day, it will be a 'W' for us, and I hope for our country.

This bill authorizes funding for the EPA's Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and directs resources, particularly to disadvantaged, rural, and tribal communities.

Say that again, I think you said 20 to zero. Is that a unanimous vote, Mr. Clerk?

I want to make sure that your voices are heard with all these nominees, if they are confirmed, so thank you.

I am pleased to join Senator Capito in calling this business meeting to order as we prepare to consider two nominations, a water infrastructure bill, and legislation to honor a barrier breaking leader in transportation.

People say to me, why is the Federal Government involved in this issue of clean drinking water and wastewater? And I tell them, it goes all the way back to the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson.

I urge my colleagues to oppose both of the nominees today, but I strongly support both of these bills.

This bill helps to ensure that the drinking water coming out of the faucets across the country is safe to drink, regardless of a neighborhood's zip code or the economic status of its citizens.

This is important. This is really important, and today, to report out a bill of this consequence unanimously...

I now move that the Committee report S. 914, the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 as amended.

I especially want to thank Senators Capito, Duckworth, Lummis, and Cardin for their partnership and leadership on this legislation.

The last administration, as we will recall, repeatedly tried to undermine the census through political interference.