Tom Carper: “Joe Biden likes to say that all diplomacy is personal. He also says that all politics is personal. I think he is right.”

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.

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

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

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