Tom Carper: “It is a pleasure to meet all of you and to welcome you here today.”

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

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