Thomas R. Carper: “I want to give these folks an opportunity.”

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

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

We help make the rules for the country, and we do not do this by ourselves.

You and our colleagues have heard me invoke in this room more times than I can count the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way I want to be treated.