Thomas R. Carper: “I think these concerns miss the point. We just had a radical, I think, a sweeping reduction in water protections.”

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

For too long, the seats have not been filled, and not been filled properly.

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

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.