Thomas R. Carper: “I believe there are three key areas that are really worth focusing on to try to bring sanity here.”

I think the greatest way that the Commission can have an impact on that is probably through our rate-making authority.

I think that's really disgraceful, and it's unacceptable that the local DC courts have vacancies that last years because the Senate fails to act in a timely way.

Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.

Not really. I have just come from the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, which is having a hearing on the Key Bridge, the bridge in Baltimore that was badly damaged.