Thomas R. Carper: “Last year Congress passed, and President Biden signed into law, the Inflation Reduction Act, as you know.”

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.

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

I usually default to the golden rule, and I think in this case it's a pretty good guide as well.

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.