Tom Carper

Just to follow on what the Chairman is saying, the last 100 years, 33 Category 5 hurricanes; this fall, 2 within a matter of weeks of one another.

What does end state look like, and what does the Nation want us to do?

I have deep respect for the Governor and what he is trying to do and work through.

The only people who do not make mistakes are people who do not do anything.

FEMA is punching above its weight, and we applaud that.

Usually it takes weeks, if not months, for a full assessment of damages to be made and an estimate of the total cost to rebuild.

Our Federal Government has a moral obligation to help as well.

I think we would have really missed an opportunity.

When extreme weather like this hits, it is scary, it is dangerous, and it is often far more powerful than we imagined it would be.

In adversity lies opportunity.

Different uniforms, same team.

Incident command decisions have to be made closest to where the disaster is, not up here.

Why so few? That is a surprisingly low number.

You got it wrong and here is why we think it is wrong.

We reject a lot of regulations.

I talked to a recovering Governor from Delaware and he said this is what he did with his legislators.

We will never give up in opposition to it.

I have never been this troubled on this Committee or any committee in 17 years. We have not done the right thing. We have done the wrong thing.

The same is true for William Wehrum. He as well is, for all intents and purposes, a denier of science.

I oppose his nomination.

It is absolutely immoral for this Committee or this Senate to confer people with a known animosity toward putting in place standards which protect the public health of our country.

It is equally preposterous, in my view, to have an administration that silences and censors its scientists.

I think that we have been double dealt here, and I regret it.

I can't believe that this will go down to a party line vote.

This person--if confirmed, you are putting the fox in the hen house. You know that.