Thomas R. Carper: “I think it was in April of this year, the Environmental Protection Agency released its latest drinking water needs…”

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

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.

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