Senator Tom Carper

Senator Tom Carper @SenatorCarper

.@realdonaldtrump: President Nixon was under investigation when he signed into law the landmark, bipartisan Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973, amidst the concurrent Watergate hearings in Congress. Yes, we can investigate and legislate. https://t.co/gVJXnG4LGJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Facing the risk of alienating his political base, the president was eager to embrace any excuse that would allow him to avoid taking a principled stand on infrastructure funding. Read my full statement on @realdonaldtrump abandoning infrastructure talks: https://t.co/W9UaIeIRZv — PolitiTweet.org

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In the @USNavy, when faced with an especially challenging mission, we’d call for ‘all hands on deck.’ Today, to solve this widespread public health problem, we need a different kind of all hands on deck, but we need one nonetheless. My full statement: https://t.co/d950izrMCo — PolitiTweet.org

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Another approach is passing the #PFAS Action Act of 2019, a law I authored with @SenCapito to designate #PFAS as a hazardous substance eligible for cleanup under the #Superfund law https://t.co/u3VnRuxiYv — PolitiTweet.org

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One approach to addressing this concern lies in the #PFAS Release Disclosure Act authored by @SenCapito, which I cosponsored with @gillibrandny – to better inform the public when those chemicals are released into the environment https://t.co/WZSOUJtWja — PolitiTweet.org

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So it’s no surprise that many states are taking matters into their own hands and setting their own standards. Neither is it a surprise that many of us have concluded that federal legislation is needed to more urgently and decisively address #PFAS. https://t.co/yls7PwXEd4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Finally, @EPA weakened its draft guidance for cleaning up contaminated #PFAS sites following pressure from the @DeptofDefense. https://t.co/OgqrHhAddY — PolitiTweet.org

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Second, @EPAAWheeler refused to commit to setting a drinking water standard for #PFAS until public and Congressional outcry forced him to reverse course before he was confirmed. https://t.co/9IxED025CY — PolitiTweet.org

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First, @EPA’s 2019 #PFAS Action Plan largely includes commitments to consider whether to regulate PFAS contamination, steps that Scott Pruitt announced almost a year earlier. https://t.co/lvqLk7LCsA — PolitiTweet.org

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Today EPW is examining a range of bills to combat #PFAS contamination. These persistent chemicals threaten the drinking water of millions – including families in Delaware. You'd think that this would lead the @EPA to respond with urgency. That has not been the case: — PolitiTweet.org

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Our colleagues in industry often remind Congress that #PFAS chemicals are used in everything from medical devices to solar panels. That’s really not the point. We want PFAS chemicals to stay in the solar panels, and out of the drinking water. — PolitiTweet.org

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I understand that the use of #PFAS in firefighting foam, for example, has supported our military readiness and saved lives. But the cruel irony is that when PFAS winds up in a glass on the kitchen table, those same chemicals can endanger lives. — PolitiTweet.org

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A large NASA Convair jet had been cleared to land on the same runway and at the same time as a Navy P-3 aircraft. It took over an hour for firefighters to control the blaze. Later that day, we would learn that 16 people died, and only one crewman on the P-3 survived. — PolitiTweet.org

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In 1973, I was a young naval flight officer stationed at Moffett Field Naval Air Station in California. As I drove to work on a sunny April morning, I could see a large black plume of smoke rising from the air station while still several miles away. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EPWDems: WATCH LIVE: After months of delay and foot dragging at @EPA, @SenatorCarper gives an opening statement at a hearing to examine… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's an important piece by @wendyrsherman who reminds us that “War is not inevitable. President Trump campaigned on bringing troops home, not sending tens of thousands more to the Middle East. Such a deployment, although inadequate for a full-scale war, is more than foolish." — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a disaster waiting to happen. Just last week I asked @USGAO to examine the threats #climatechange and rising seas pose to U.S. nuclear waste sites around the world. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/qnT0sdAViA — PolitiTweet.org

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Las democracias dependen en que las personas puedan elegir libramente a quienes los representarán. Es importante que todos los candidatos elegibles se les permita postularse en las próximas elecciones de Guatemala, especialmente para librar la política Guatemalteca de corrupción. — PolitiTweet.org

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I agree, @SenStabenow. If we don’t take significant steps to reduce emissions, climate change will cause further disruption to our rural economy and put the American food supply at risk. Thank you for your leadership on this issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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The movement to #DefendMATS is about protecting public health from harmful emissions of mercury – a known neurotoxin. Thank you @EnergyCommerce for shining a light today on EPA’s dangerous rollback of the MATS rule. — PolitiTweet.org

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We’ve seen this movie before with @AmbJohnBolton at the helm, and I fear that the Trump Administration’s strategy could get us into another war. Too many U.S. soldiers lost their lives during wars in Vietnam and Iraq. We have got to be smarter than this. — PolitiTweet.org

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In 2003, top elected officials – including the President and Vice President – alleged Iraq had developed weapons of mass destruction. The Iraq War was also predicated on a lie – perpetrated chiefly by Trump’s current national security advisor – and has claimed over 4,100 lives. — PolitiTweet.org

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In the years between 1955-1975, 55,000 American soldiers lost their lives during the Vietnam War – colleagues I served alongside. That war was predicated on a lie. — PolitiTweet.org

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As @realDonaldTrump ramps up his dangerous rhetoric and escalates tensions with Iran, it's important we never lose sight of the real costs of wars -- especially those predicated on a lie. — PolitiTweet.org

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We know that democracies depend on the people being able to choose who will represent them. I am deeply disheartened that not all eligible candidates will be able to run in Guatemala’s upcoming election, especially at a time of great struggle to rid its politics of corruption. — PolitiTweet.org

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We know that democracies depend on the people being able to choose who will represent them. I am deeply disheartened that not all eligible candidates will be able to run in Guatemala’s upcoming election, especially at a time of great struggle to rid its politics of corruption. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenDuckworth: I launched the Senate's first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus w/ @SenBooker & @SenatorCarper because every American des… — PolitiTweet.org

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This #EndangeredSpeciesDay I’m celebrating the wild success of a law that has recovered thousands of species and continues to be a lifeline to many more. Now more than ever, we have to remain vigilant against efforts to water down the #EndangeredSpeciesAct https://t.co/nXFfF4P6uS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenDuckworth: Climate change is causing extreme weather events with increasing frequency & intensity, like the record flooding in Illin… — PolitiTweet.org

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Too many U.S. soldiers lost their lives during the Vietnam and Iraq wars. Why haven’t we learned from this? We should be prioritizing diplomacy. Not escalating tensions with Iran—and risking war and American lives—with no coherent strategy. — PolitiTweet.org