Tom Carper: “The role of government is diverse. We are responsible for any number of things--homeland security, defense around the…”

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.

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.