Tom Carper Quotations

Historically, people thought of a national park as something huge, ... Delaware is not huge. But there is a lot of amazing history that has been made in the state.

It is all well and good we want to reduce emissions in 2018 by 70 percent, ... We can do better than that. We ought to do better than that.

This takes care of the missing link in the middle.

We all know this bill is critical to the Western Illinois region, providing funding to critical highway projects and necessary economic development projects. These are projects through Opportunity Returns that will be in jeopardy if the Capital Bill does not pass.

We wandered over to the speaker's office, but it was locked up,

Delaware has a rich historical, coastal heritage, ... Frankly, not too many people across the country know about it.

This decision was the answer to a lot of people's prayers, ... We told the commissioners that this would undermine our state's safety and homeland defense and to their credit, they listened.

I fear that a storm which could have cost tens of billions of dollars may cost more than 100 billion to repair. A storm that could have cost us hundreds of lives will probably cost us thousands of lives.

A national park in Delaware will boost tourism and the state's economy, ... A national park here will put Delaware on the map and make the state a more attractive place to visit.