Tom Carper

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. This is an all-of-the-above strategy that is needed.

It is not enough just to deal with the symptoms of the problems, and we will be talking a lot about that today--but also the root cause of these problems.

The Chinese have to feel like they have a dog in this fight, and there are some in China who frankly would like to see us further weakened as a Nation.

President Obama said, 'This is who is doing it. This is where they are located it. These are their people...'

It is just unconscionable.

The Postal Service is not running out of money. They are out of money.

No State has been immune to the damage that these drugs have caused, including my home State of Delaware.

How many more people have to die before this poison stops coming into our communities, before we take the steps, the simple steps, to at least understand where the suspicious packages are and how to get them offline and not delivered to a…

I am convinced that you recognize the vital role that your agency plays in addressing this.

The comprehensive postal reform goes a long way in keeping us on that financial footing and allowing us to invest in it.

There was much made of our need to tighten our borders for a variety of reasons--human trafficking, drugs, and other illicit activities.

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment, and I think we are starting to sense that urgency.

We had a similar experience with Iran. Iran for years and years was trying to shut down our banks.

I think it is only fair to call on the President for what appears to be a failure to make that crisis the priority that it should be.

A job worth doing is worth doing well.

We have to do better than this if we are serious.

Their infrastructure report card estimated, I think, about $162 billion in investments that are needed in dams, levees, inland waterways, and so forth.

The underfunding in port infrastructure alone cited by them, I guess last year, $65 billion in investment over the next 10 years.

Not every member of our Committee, in their comments and questions, have raised the issue of our failure to appropriate the dollars that are needed to enable the Army Corps of Engineers to do your job.

As you know, while Corps projects have a large national value, many times they primarily impact the local economy or the local health and safety, and it seems this gets lost in the current budgeting process.

We find this Administration black box to be a problem and a disservice to the American people.

I think it is appropriate.

We just love the folks who work out of your Philadelphia office and just value very much the wonderful work they do not just for us, but up and down the Delmarva.

If things are worth having, they are worth paying for. This is worth having.

If a thing is worth having, they are worth paying for.