Thomas R. Carper: “Our prayers are with you, Roger, and with your constituents. I can't imagine how hard that is.”

We need to reform it.

Well, there is a good compromise out there, and I think if we are smart and don't give up today, we will find it.

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

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.