Thomas R. Carper: “Clean water systems are indispensable.”

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.

For too long, the seats have not been filled, and not been filled properly.

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.

I am the last Vietnam Veteran serving in the U.S. Senate, and kind of relates to my great affection and interest in the postal issues.