Harry Reid: “I want to take a minute to express my appreciation to the Senator from Delaware for being a member of the committee.…”

“I want to take a minute to express my appreciation to the Senator from Delaware for being a member of the committee. Senator Carper and I came to Washington together, along with the Presiding Officer, in 1982. When he was elected to the Senate, I was very happy. He was a great Member of the House of Representatives and a tremendous Governor. I was happy to visit the State of Delaware on a number of occasions and work with the Governor of Delaware. The people of Delaware are very fortunate to have someone of the caliber of Tom Carper representing them in the Senate. He is a great addition to Joe Biden. They are good Senators. I do not know how you can do better than the two Senators from the State of Delaware. Senator Carper's work on the committee and on this bill has been exemplary. He reached out on a bipartisan basis to Senators Crapo and Voinovich. He and Senator Voinovich were fellow Governors. As a result of his advocacy, he worked very hard with Senator Voinovich to satisfy the problems he had with this bill. I express my appreciation to the Senator from Delaware.”