Thomas R. Carper: “Wetlands also provide irreplaceable habitat for many wildlife species, especially birds and fish.”

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

I felt forever that there's actually revenues opportunities for the Postal Service through vote by mail.

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.

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.