Tom Carper

If you are on prescription opioids for too long, it is like asking yourself not to breathe.

I want to urge you to focus not just on treatment, but also to focus on the root causes for this crisis.

I think what she is asking is probably the right thing to do.

We need Governors, desperately.

A couple of guys on--probably some gals as well, on our committee, are baseball fans.

The Postal Service has gone through a lot of cutting.

One of the things that I focused on as Governor for 8 years is balancing budgets.

I applaud you, Mr. Guild, for taking advantage of those wonderful programs.

I would just say, Mr. Chairman, and to Senator Inhofe, a couple days ago I had the privilege of being on a farm in southern Delaware.

Let me say to my colleagues, these two fellows love their States. They are great States, and they are wonderful servants for their States.

One out of every six families in Delaware gets their drinking water from a private well.

I am a recovering Governor and recovering State treasurer. I go home to Delaware almost every night.

I believe that law should not change.

The purpose of this hearing is to determine the appropriate role of States and the Federal Government in protecting groundwater.

I would love to see it expanded to focus on any type of capture of CO2.

Almost every piece of legislation I have introduced, and sometimes with colleagues that are here today on this Committee, it is rare that I introduce legislation that is perfect.

Isn't that a great name, Feng Jiao? It means common sense. No, it doesn't really, but it could, because this is very much a common sense approach, I think.

Smart policies at the Federal, State, and local levels have spurred a clean energy revolution in this country, and we have achieved real results.

It is really a pleasure to participate in a hearing that focuses on solutions to climate change, as opposed to a hearing that focuses and fuels the debate over the science of climate change.

I would ask unanimous consent to submit for the record a letter that Senator Udall and I sent to EPA regarding concerns about a proposal that would allow some of the dirtiest, heavy duty diesel trucks called glider trucks to circumvent…

These actions need to occur to help downwind States like Delaware address nonattainment concerns for ozone.

I would just ask you to put yourselves in our shoes, and we will try to do the same with respect to other States.

I really do think there is a win-win here. I hope we will take advantage of it.

I think there is a real opportunity here to make clear the endangerment finding and the Clean Air Act are compatible with one another.

The auto industry needs certainty. They do not want to have to build one model for California and a different model car, the same vehicle for 49 other States.