Thomas R. Carper: “Our President likes to say all politics is personal, all diplomacy is personal, and he is right.”

Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.

You and our colleagues have heard me invoke in this room more times than I can count the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way I want to be treated.

Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.

Not really. I have just come from the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, which is having a hearing on the Key Bridge, the bridge in Baltimore that was badly damaged.