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Tom Carper is an American politician currently serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware, a position he has held since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Carper has focused on various issues including healthcare, environmental protection, and fiscal responsibility throughout his career. He previously served as the Governor of Delaware from January 21, 1993, to January 2, 2001, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1983, to January 21, 1993.
The Navigable Waters Protection Rule fails to provide consistent, clear, and functional categories and exclusions of jurisdictional water that are asserted by this amendment. The rule also fails to provide critical headwaters and wetlands…
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.
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.
I could literally shut down the economy of the State of Delaware, shut it down, and we would still be out of compliance.
We believe that human activity is intensifying this situation we find ourselves in.
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 sincerely want to thank you, thank your staff, for working with me over these past 4 years.
Every fiber of my being says we can do both. I think we got to, we have to do both.
I know she will lead the Republicans on the EPW very well. This Committee is in very capable hands.
His decision on the Keystone XL pipeline has, I think, great impacts in the job markets.
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.
For a long time, Delaware did not use, when I was Governor, we didn't use the Economic Development Administration.
The Biden proposal, Build Back Better, they asked for $3 billion--$3 billion for the EDA.
Our most pressing focus this Congress will be passing the 5 year Highway Bill.
I want to draft on Senator Van Hollen just for a minute on the air transport issue.
We are proud of you. I could barely see your wife's lips move when you spoke.
Bipartisan change is lasting change. It will make a big difference for a long time to come.
I have the honor of serving on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee--a committee you serve on--which oversees, as you know, the Department of Homeland Security since the committee was first formed. Almost two…
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.
A great source of greenhouse gas emissions in this country are mobile sources. Cars, trucks, and vans that we drive.
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