Thomas R. Carper: “I think as you know, one of the foundations of the National Environmental Policy Act is the belief that there is a value…”

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

Thank you for your passion, and I would ask that we spend the rest of this day dealing with this.

If I had known--as you know, the breadth of the issues that we cover in this Committee are enormous. It is impossible for any of us to fully master each of them.

I am the last Vietnam Veteran serving in the U.S. Senate, and kind of relates to my great affection and interest in the postal issues.