Tom Carper: “Thanks so much. My thanks to you and to Senator McCaskill for holding this hearing and to our witnesses for being here.”

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.

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

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