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[Crowd noise} Female Voice: No I'm not sorry either. He's an arrogant at any rate. Female Voice: Well, what does this message send to you? Tom Carper: I think what it says is that the kindness. It says things about the kind

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of Congressman the people of Delaware want. We want somebody who is fiscally conservative, but progressive, maybe progressive

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on some of the social issues. We want somebody who's concerned about human rights and civil rights and

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helping truly needy people. But we want someone who's interested in balancing the budget, providing for a strong national defense.

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I think we, Delawareans want a congressman who's accessible, who doesn't go away to Washington and never to be seen from again,

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I think we want someone who's independent, who will stand up for Delaware. And finally, I think we want someone who's effective,

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who works hard, and I've tried to be all of those things. It's good to know that the people of Delaware seem to think that I am,

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or at least most of those things, I'm happy we're, we've gotten the election behind us and a lot of challenges first,

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the face in this country and now that Return Day has come and gone, It's best for us to set aside our party differences and forget that

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we're Democrats and Republicans and Independents. We're Delawareans, we're Americans, we've got a lot to do and let's get on with it.

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Female Voice: What specifically do you want to work on in the upcoming session? Tom Carper: Deficit reduction, budget deficit reduction, programs for homeless people. Housing programs are real important to me.

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We have a fragile banking system. It needs to be shored up. That's going to be an issue. And a couple of environmental issues,

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particularly those involving the ocean. I'll be pushing on those. Female Voice: Thank you. Good luck.