Tom Carper: “Thanks to Senator John Kerry, that happened.”

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

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

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.

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