Tom Carper

I hope is one that we can, and I intend to certainly maintain and foster.

The idea was that we can have cleaner air, cleaner water, address climate change, and create jobs, a lot of economic opportunity, including in places like West Virginia, my native State.

I am concerned by the direction that the Administration has taken in the first few weeks of office.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

As we discussed last month on January 6th, and as recently as last week, there is a lot of important work ahead for our Committee.

I am convinced if someone had been able to activate the D.C. National Guard and have 1,000 or 2,000 guardsmen and--women deployed at the Capitol in a timely way on the 6th of January, this death and destruction would not have occurred.

He was one of a number of sailors on the USS Suwannee who was killed in a kamikaze attack, and none of the bodies were ever recovered.

I thank my colleague for his work, his efforts, and his tenacity. I yield the floor. ____________________

The cost that might be incurred by the Social Security Administration because they would be asked to share this information more widely among Federal agencies than they do today.

To my colleague James Lankford, who keeps a tab on his colleagues, do you know if any of our colleagues today is celebrating a birthday?

Before the Senator from Oklahoma leaves the floor, may I ask a question of him?

I rise today to speak on behalf of the nomination of Robert Feitel to serve as inspector general of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees the safety and security of almost 100 nuclear powerplants throughout this country--an…

I will just finish my thought, and then I would be happy to. But in a timely way. And I am just concerned--my second concern, along with my first concern: I am just concerned that the idea to deal with this in a timely way is going to be…

It might be the case, but I would have to see those numbers. My secretary of labor said he thought that the number that we were looking at here was something like $13 an hour in Delaware, when you add it all in, as opposed to 24. So we…

Excuse me. There you go. But if you add the numbers, I am not sure we end up with $24 per hour in Delaware.

Before Senator Blackburn arrived on the floor, I talked about Iran, as many of us have. I mentioned the opposition that some folks in Iran had--that the Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force had--to actually entering into negotiations with…

I am here on a sad note and then on a happier note as well. I am going to try to tie the two together. ____________________

I just want to start off with this. This is Valentine's Day, and there are different days of the year that are more special to us than others--other than Thanksgiving and Christmas. I even like Halloween. But I think Valentine's Day is…

I thank my colleague. Finally, I ask if the Senator from West Virginia's understanding is the same as that of the Senator from Alaska's with respect to the effect of the Rubio amendment.

I thank my colleague for her confirmation of my understanding. The Rubio amendment also includes language which states that section 7003 of S. 47 has no force or effect. I ask the Senator from Alaska, is it her understanding that the…

I thank my colleague for his confirmation of my understanding. In conclusion, I also want to thank my colleague for working with me and all of our colleagues to enact this bipartisan legislation into law. During a time of frequent partisan…

The thing I looked for most was the willingness and the ability consistently to treat other people the way they want to be treated.

I always looked for nominees who would work hard. I always looked for nominees who would be a good colleague.

One of the qualities I always looked for in nominating people to the bench was judicial temperament.

How does your faith guide you in this work?