Thomas Carper

Thirteen thousand dollars a year is not enough to raise a family. That's not enough to pay your bills and save for their future. That's barely enough to provide for even the most basic needs.

That's not all our crops can do. We are also learning how to transform plants into factories. We can now raise plants that will create enzymes that would otherwise be created in chemical factories.

Clean air is a basic right. The responsibility to ensure that falls to Congress and the president.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.

I have a lot of kids in my district who haven't been to the beach, much less Washington, D.C., and that's 20 miles away.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.