KEY POINTS As health care open enrollment begins, there is growing evidence that the Affordable Care Act is working, and it is imperative that we build on its success – not tear it down. Since day one, Republicans have done their dead level best to undercut the ACA at almost every turn. Just as we’re […]
In the News
WILMINGTON, DE – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden for President of the United States. “In 1982, it was then-Senator Joe Biden who first encouraged me to run for Delaware’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Eighteen years later, he was the first to encourage me to run for […]
Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons urging the protection of active duty military consumers by implementing free credit monitoring through the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act. The bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act provides regulatory relief for community banks […]
Sen. Tom Carper released a statement on the post-Fukushima rule finalized Jan. 24 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC has decided to change course from the proposal and instead of requiring nuclear reactors to withstand seismic and flooding risks beyond their current design, the NRC has made these actions voluntary. “I am still reviewing […]
Members of Delaware’s Congressional delegation are commenting on this weekend’s quid pro quo from President Trump to reopen the government. Trump offered to extend protections for DACA recipients, also known as “dreamers,” for the next three years in exchange for $5.7 billion in funding for a wall along the US-Mexico border. Both Delaware Sen. Tom […]
Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate allegations it isn’t properly inspecting facilities that emit the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide, the substance that leaked from Croda Inc. near New Castle Nov. 25, shutting down traffic on the Delaware Memorial Bridge. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and U.S. […]
Sen. Tom Carper met with owner of Magee Farms, Ellen Magee, and her son Chris Magee, on Jan. 11 to discuss the impacts the government shutdown continues to have on Delaware farmers. Specifically, the shutdown has hindered farmers in Delaware, including the Magees, from receiving vital farm subsidies distributed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. […]
Delaware’s senior senator is weighing in on the partial government shutdown and President Trump’s plan to fund construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border. Sen. Tom Carper is the former head of the Senate Homeland Security committee. One area where he agrees with the President is Trump’s depiction of the United States’ southern border […]
Senator Tom Carper has been a political mainstay in Delaware, and so has his minivan. Carper’s Chrysler Town & Country has 496,000 miles on it. Carper made the purchase back in 2001 after leaving the governor’s mansion. The minivan affectionately known as the “Silver Bullet” has been across the country several times and is famous […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. senators have proposed legislation that would give federal aid to help people across the country replace inefficient wood stoves. Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Delaware Democratic Sen. Tom Carper introduced the bill last month that would create a grant program through the Environmental Protection Agency to help people […]
