Tom Carper: “An idea that came from my friend Sen. Voinovich, DERA is one of the most cost-effective clean air Federal programs.”

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.

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