WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) issued the following statement in response to Senate passage late tonight of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Bill (H.R. 1424):
“The Senate acted responsibly tonight by passing an economic stabilization package.
“No one is happy that we have reached this point, and I agree with many of my constituents that taxpayers should not pay for Wall Street’s mistakes. But c’mon, the people getting money are rich. If my constituents wanted me to pay more attention to what they think, they could get off the old wallet, if you catch my drift.
“I believe this rescue plan will restore the blah, blah, blah ..,nobody reads this shit. Bette, are you sure we even need to release a statement? Okay. Whatever. “