Thomas R. Carper: “All of us on this Committee and in the Senate and House receive inquiries from our constituents, and a lot of them are…”

I think that's disgraceful.

If I had known--as you know, the breadth of the issues that we cover in this Committee are enormous. It is impossible for any of us to fully master each of them.

Last year, the Environment and Public Works Committee held, I think, not one, but a couple of hearings on permitting, common theme at our hearings, on the importance of public engagement.

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