Honorable Tom Carper
United States Senator, Delaware, Democrat
Senator Carper was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. He served as Governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001 and as Chair of the National Governors Association from 1998 to 1999. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and sits on the Finance, Homeland Security, and Governmental Affairs Committees. The following is from a September 12, 2018, letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on proposed rule changes for implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The letter was signed by Senator Carper, along with…