Tom Carper

But unfortunately, officials in place at the White House and at the EPA have already set the agenda before he even achieves the office.

We have approved by a margin of 14 to 6 the nomination of Michael Regan to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

I particularly am grateful for that.

We talk a lot about doing things for our planet, addressing climate change, clean air, clean water, and doing so in ways that create economic opportunity.

The Biden proposal, Build Back Better, they asked for $3 billion--$3 billion for the EDA.

We are proud of you. I could barely see your wife's lips move when you spoke.

The idea is to ratchet down HFCs over a 15 year period of time.

You just knocked the ball out of the park, it makes me even more excited about working with you and our colleagues in the years to come.

I had a conversation with Mary Barra last year, the CEO of General Motors, about the future of the auto industry.

Our friends at General Motors have announced that they are going to be basically phasing out gasoline and diesel powered cars, trucks, and vans by 2035.

We believe that human activity is intensifying this situation we find ourselves in.

Every fiber of my being says we can do both. I think we got to, we have to do both.

I could literally shut down the economy of the State of Delaware, shut it down, and we would still be out of compliance.

For a long time, Delaware did not use, when I was Governor, we didn't use the Economic Development Administration.

A great source of greenhouse gas emissions in this country are mobile sources. Cars, trucks, and vans that we drive.

Bipartisan solutions are lasting solutions.

His decision on the Keystone XL pipeline has, I think, great impacts in the job markets.

I know she will lead the Republicans on the EPW very well. This Committee is in very capable hands.

We have to find something to help them to do, to find new skills.

We have too much carbon in the air. And too much methane in the air. We have too much HFCs, hydrofluorocarbon, in the air.

I want to draft on Senator Van Hollen just for a minute on the air transport issue.

Our most pressing focus this Congress will be passing the 5 year Highway Bill.

Bipartisan change is lasting change. It will make a big difference for a long time to come.

Most people remember January 6th as a day that will live in infamy, and the Capitol was stormed and overwhelmed by thousands of rioters; people died; in fact, we lost another Capitol policeman just this week, very sadly.

I sincerely want to thank you, thank your staff, for working with me over these past 4 years.