highlight the passage of two bills in the Senate to help first responders amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Angus King (I-Maine), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wa.) Six years later, with that credit rating restored to a respectable “AA,” he ran for—and was elected—to Delaware’s at-large seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, unseating a three-term incumbent.Tom Carper went on to serve five terms as a U.S. congressman, earning a reputation as a results-oriented centrist serving on the House Financial Services Committee, as well as the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, which is now part of the House Committee on Natural Resources. After serving as chairman, he led the NGA’s ‘Center for Best Practices,’ which focuses on developing and implementing innovative solutions to policy challenges faced by governors and states across the nation. He has also authored legislation that has improved cybersecurity across the federal government and better ensures that we are responding more effectively to the growing threat our country faces in cyberspace.During more than 30 years of public service, Senator Carper has worked tirelessly to develop practical solutions to real problems. The Washington Post’s late David Broder calls him “a notably effective and non-partisan leader, admired and trust on both sides of the aisle.” The delegation presented to Vietnam’s new communist leader a roadmap to normalize relations between the U.S. and Vietnam. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. The spirit of cooperation which followed led to the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1995.Tom Carper went onto serve two terms as governor of Delaware, beginning in 1993. When the Senate is in session, Senator Carper travels daily from Wilmington to Washington.Barely a year after earning his MBA, he was elected in 1976 to the first of three terms as Delaware’s state treasurer at the age of 29. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing to discuss lessons learned from remote working during the…In the weeklyy Democractic address, Senator Tom Carper (DE) talked about the coronavirus pandemic was taking on workers and…Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig testified before the Senate Finance Committee about the impact of…The Senate continued work on the fiscal year 2021 Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense programs and policy…Acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan testified at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental… At the time, Delaware had the worst credit rating of any state in America. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s executive order that will fast track projects to ignore environmental laws, including under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act.
A member of the Democratic Party, Carper served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993 and was the 71st Governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001. Bush and many veteran organizations, then-Congressman Carper led a bipartisan, six-member delegation of Vietnam veterans back to Southeast Asia to pursue information on the fate of the thousands of MIA’s whose remains were never recovered. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.
Thomas Richard Carper is the senior United States Senator from Delaware, serving since 2001. During his time on the committee, Senator Carper successfully defended common sense clean air and clean water regulations from misguided attempts of the Trump administration to repeal them, and he continues to push for meaningful protections that limit carbon pollution, regulate cross-state air pollution and help stem the tide of climate change while creating millions of clean energy jobs.