Tom Carper: “We don't say thanks enough to the Capitol Police and, frankly, to law enforcement officers probably in our own States.”

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.

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.

People ask me what I am proudest of in my life, and I always say, raising three boys, with a big assist from their mom.