If we can address climate change, including heat, in our State and all the States across the country, we can do it in a way that can create a lot of jobs, a lot of economic opportunity.
Carper discusses the job creation potential of addressing climate change.
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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.
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.
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.