Tom Carper: “The last President, this President, current Secretary of Defense said, 'Why don't we stop buying more C-17s?'”

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

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

Public engagement can build trust, it can increase public buy-in, can help resolve issues, can help prevent litigation, and ultimately it can save time and money.

To have vacancies that may be not just months, but in some cases years to that have been filled, that justice delayed is justice denied.