Thomas R. Carper: “For his efforts in the Vietnam war and I think for his service here in the United States, when John Kerry was nominated…”

We help make the rules for the country, and we do not do this by ourselves.

I hope is that the issues we just discussed... we can keep at it today and see if we can't find a way to yes.

Thank you for your passion, and I would ask that we spend the rest of this day dealing with this.

You and our colleagues have heard me invoke in this room more times than I can count the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way I want to be treated.