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Tom Carper

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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.

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Jan 7, 2009

So what I would like for us to do is to look at each of the elements of coal-burning for electricity that creates an environmental problem for us and get on a fast-track, I say mini-Manhattan project, to solve the problem.

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Jan 7, 2009

Jade, some day you may sit up here and chair this Committee. You never know.

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Jan 7, 2009

We want you to be the leader in figuring out how do we deal with sequestration of CO/2/, we want you to be the leader in helping us to find ways to reduce SO/x/, NO/x/ and mercury discharges and to meet an aggressive schedule.

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Jan 7, 2009

Roughly what percentage of your mercury emissions do you think you are capturing with that approach, as a co-benefit?

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Jan 7, 2009

I thought 90 percent sounded pretty good.

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Sep 14, 2006

I spent some time at some of those bases that Senator mentioned, Jacksonville, Mayport, those places.

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Sep 14, 2006

I am sure for enlisted men and women as well.

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Jan 27, 2004

I used to kid the guy who was the Prime Minister of Japan; I remember meeting with him a number of years ago.

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Jan 27, 2004

In our economy, if you cut taxes by, a dollar, people will go out and spend $2.

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Jan 27, 2004

Well, when I was Governor of Delaware, our administration spent a fair amount of time encouraging homeownership.

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Jan 27, 2004

I like to think that probably for the majority of people in our country, probably, that the biggest source of capital accumulation for a lot of folks is the equity in their home.

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