Tom Carper: “I hope we will, I think it would actually make the job of defending our borders easier, not harder.”

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.

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.