Thomas R. Carper: “I like to quote Mark Twain from time to time.”

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

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.

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