Thomas R. Carper: “I think of challenges, I think, I think of opportunities.”

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.

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.

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