Tom Carper

We, as a Nation, will need to invest in better waste management and recycling infrastructure to address challenges like this.

As Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Bipartisan Senate Recycling Caucus, along with my Republican partner, Senator John Boozman, I want to mention recycling is one such solution.

Cleanup efforts like the Delaware Coastal Cleanup provide hands-on opportunities for citizens of all ages to learn about this global problem.

I really want to say to Sheldon and to Dan, thank you for your wonderful leadership.

I would like to ask unanimous consent to submit for the record letters from 23 environmental health and State agency groups that are opposed to Senator Capito's wood heater legislation, S. 1857.

I want to ask unanimous consent to submit for the record a letter from environmental groups that are opposed to Senator Wicker's S. 2461.

I have concerns about the public health implications of delaying standards even further, which is why I voted no on that bill.

I am pleased to support his nomination.

I believe is a great tribute.

I feel bad about the Orioles but good about his legislation.

I think we addressed a real tactical issue for remote areas of Alaska, while also trying to find ways we can better improve energy reliability and air quality for those areas.

I offer the amendment. We have discussed it, and I would ask for a yes vote.

In Delaware alone we have a number of wood heaters, and you have them in your States, too.

I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting it today.

As we saw with DERA, delaying emission standards is not a recipe for success.

My amendment today builds on what we know to be a successful formula.

We have a great idea, the Diesel Emission Reduction Act, and he asked me to be his Democratic cosponsor.

I think we have seen this movie before and know it pretty well.

If we do, they can do it. But we need to help.

To go from that point in time to a country that is stable, not perfect but economically strong and vibrant, has actually made a success of themselves--we have helped them.

We have been funding this Alliance for Prosperity now for, I think, maybe our third year.

I do not ask a lot of yes or no questions, but I am going to ask one now.

Any effective strategy to secure our border must address the root causes of migration

I think that is less than half of what was initially sought by the Obama Administration.

Unless we work with our neighbors to the south... we are simply putting a Band-Aid on the problem.