Tom Carper: “I am just, as we sit here today, 6 years later, to see how that dream, the hope that we had, is not being realized. It…”

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

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.

People ask me what I am proudest of in my life, and I always say, raising three boys, with a big assist from their mom.

We will do it again. Maybe the next time we will actually make it to Columbia.