Tom Carper: “I know it is extraordinary. And to your staffs. Thank you for standing up and saying, all right, this is where we draw…”

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.

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

We help make the rules for the country, and we do not do this by ourselves.

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