Tom Carper: “I think it is a real mistake to advocate for earmarks and to be blase about it.”

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

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.