Sentence examples for carper from inspiring English sources
noun
A person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault
"It works for banks and pharmacies," Mr. Carper said.
"Given these dire circumstances, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the postmaster general is moving forward to reduce costs with the limited tools at his disposal," Mr. Carper said in a statement, "but the reality is that efforts of this scale are not enough to fundamentally fix the Postal Service's financial problems".
Senators Carper and Collins do back several of the postal service's main ideas to avoid default, including recovering around $60 billion that some actuaries say the agency has overpaid into two pension funds.
Mr. Carper called the hearing as chairman of a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee.
"The proposals put forward by the administration to date have been insufficient," Mr. Carper said.
The letter was signed by Senators Thomas R. Carper of Delaware, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Bill Nelson of Florida, Mark Warner of Virginia and Jim Webb of Virginia.
Without such an increase, in about two months the Treasury will have to suspend new bond issues and stop paying some bills".Instead of clearly demonstrating to American businesses…that we can still govern…we leave them saying, 'Not again'," complained Tom Carper, a Democrat and one of the few senators to vote against the deal.
"Virtual currencies... most notably Bitcoin, have captured the imagination of some, struck fear among others and confused the heck out of the rest of us," said Senator Tom Carper.
Senator Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat, said later that the President "was as good as I've ever heard him".
It's unclear how regulations for digital currencies might evolve in the U.S. Lawmakers haven't been very specific, and a staffer for Senator Tom Carper, who is chairing the hearing, told me that the senator's office is taking a neutral stance on virtual currency for the time being.
This bill — kudos to Carolyn Maloney, Democrat of New York, and Charlie Dent, Republican of Pennsylvania, in the House; and Thomas Carper, Democrat of Delaware, and Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, in the Senate — would help ensure a successful count in 2020 and beyond.
