Tom Carper: “I think engaging the community in a thoughtful way that looks at the values they want... makes a very large difference.”

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

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