Tom Carper

Each year, around 50 million tons of electronic waste are discarded in landfills globally, valued at an estimated, get this, an estimated $62.5 billion.

Together, I am confident that we can rise to the gravity of this challenge, and as we say in Delaware, seize the day, or Carper diem.

Doing so benefits our environment as well as our economy, as well as our basement, providing some more extra room in our basement and garage, and is a win-win for the Carper family and I suspect a win-win for a lot of other families, too.

In adversity lies opportunity.

I am concerned, as I am sure you are too, that Saudi Arabia's human rights record runs counter to the Tour's stated values of inclusion and respect.

We absolutely agree with what you said, and we would not go ahead with, it is not going to get any support without it.

Are you concerned that the proposed framework agreement will provide the Saudi Arabian government the opportunity to hide its human rights record behind the Tour's values.

But if the proposed framework agreement becomes finalized, can you definitively tell us that the PGA Tour and its players will be able to speak freely about the human rights record of Saudi Arabia?

People ask me what I like most about my job. I like helping people.

Resiliency, I can't think of a single county in Florida that doesn't have resiliency as a top priority.

I still think the State and local boards, the work force boards, are where the rubber meets the road in most of our communities.

One of the best ways you can help somebody is make sure they have a job.

I think there is a balance here between making sure that we are providing the money where it is most needed and can be put to best use, but also make sure that there is skin in the game.

I remember us petitioning, at that time I think it was the Clinton administration, then later the Bush administration, for Federal support.

Senator Carper had asked us a couple of months ago to pull together a focus group in our rural part of the State, because they were so frustrated with EDA.

And now the STAR campus has been created, and about 4,000 people work there in all kinds of high tech businesses.

If you feed a person for a day, you can do that, but if you want to help a person eat for life, you teach them how to fish.

I wanted to be here today to add my sentiments to what has already been expressed about the need to reauthorize the EDA at fiscally responsible levels.

It employed something like 4,000 people, and they closed it. We lost 4,000 jobs just like that.

Some communities across our country are struggling with how to navigate today's economy.

Everything I do I know I can do better.

That is about the size of Delaware.

Bipartisan solutions are lasting solutions.

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