Tom Carper

I will miss Orrin Hatch for many reasons. I love sitting with him on the floor and just talking.

When I first arrived in the United States Senate on January 3, 2001, one of the people I went and met with was Orrin Hatch.

I welcome your words. I used to be a House Member. I think we need to respect their views as well. Obviously, they have some views that need to be taken into account. This is not something I have discussed with the Secretary. I don't even…

I am trying to think of a really quick comeback to this, but my memory fails me. I have a pretty good one from John Kennedy, who once said to never negotiate out of fear but always be ready to negotiate. That is the preference--to never…

I want to ask unanimous consent to submit for the record several reports discussing the Trump Administration's continued failure to properly implement the bipartisan Toxic Substances Control Act.

The responsiveness of EPA to our inquiries or oversight letters has been better than it was but not good.

Unfortunately, Trump's EPA is not implementing that part of the law well, at least in our estimation.

Having said all that, none of that will matter if you cannot or do not make real changes in the agency's chemical safety efforts.

We were so excited we found consensus. A bunch of us in this room, Cory Booker, Ed Markey and others on both sides of the aisle, worked very hard to get this done.

What I hope to better understand today, as we consider her nomination, is whether she represents a change in personnel or a change in direction, an important point.

A majority of Senators signaled their intent to vote against Dr. Dourson's confirmation because they felt that he lacked the objectivity and credibility to be EPA's top chemical safety regulator.

I was looking forward to this hearing when I saw who was going to testify, and you have exceeded my expectations.

I have long believed that transportation infrastructure is an area where our Committee can again lead in a bipartisan fashion.

I believe that next year we are going to have another opportunity to work on legislation that improves the state of our Nation's infrastructure.

This was terrific. You all did a great job, and I just want to applaud you and thank you for being here.

Lincoln used to say the role of Government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.

In our day and age when our budget deficit for last year it was like $750 billion; this year it is expected to be $950 billion, and we are looking for ways to save money on the spending side and to leverage Federal money more effectively.

They are sportswomen, and they take great pride in that.

I think once it is lost, it is lost forever.

Because we were the first to ratify the Constitution, 231 years ago, on December 7th. But who is counting?

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Yesterday, the Senate passed by, I think, a 94 to 6 vote the reauthorization of the Coast Guard.

I think it is maybe one of the chief accomplishments of the past year, maybe in this present Congress.

I also stand prepared to work with our colleagues to tackle wildlife funding issues in the 116th Congress.

The existing State-Federal partnerships work more often than not, as it has in Delaware's case.