Thomas R. Carper: “I believe we can do better, and we must do better.”

Well, there is a good compromise out there, and I think if we are smart and don't give up today, we will find it.

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.

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.