Thomas R. Carper: “I want to make sure that the Postal Service has what it needs to continue to do a good job.”

Public engagement can build trust, it can increase public buy-in, can help resolve issues, can help prevent litigation, and ultimately it can save time and money.

Last year, the Environment and Public Works Committee held, I think, not one, but a couple of hearings on permitting, common theme at our hearings, on the importance of public engagement.

We are better off when we hear community concerns at the beginning of the process rather than at the end.

People ask me what I am proudest of in my life, and I always say, raising three boys, with a big assist from their mom.