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Good morning to you, sir. It is good to see you here. Back in 2019 before the pandemic, I headed an emergency task force on mental health and suicide particularly among black youth, and I see in your proposal that you are including an…

I am particularly concerned about mental health.

It is the wrong way to go. Students will suffer. Families will suffer.

This has been followed by additional Norfolk Southern derailments in southeast Michigan and Springfield, Ohio.

To the people of Taiwan, America will not have your back.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses today about their commitment to safety, if PHMSA has the resources necessary to hold bad actors accountable.

The safe operation of pipelines is vital to protect both our energy needs and the communities these pipelines run through.

A key element of combatting homelessness is supportive housing or housing paired with supportive services, such as treatment for health conditions and substance use disorders.

We must learn lessons from these incidents as well as the Denbury incident in Satartia, Mississippi, the Beta Offshore incident in San Pedro Bay, California, and the Freeport LNG incident in Quintana Island.

Putting safety first means greater oversight and accountability of the activities of pipeline operators.

The safe transmission of carbon dioxide to sequester locations is vital to meeting our carbon reduction goals, and I want to make sure this can be implemented without delay.

Improving safety means preventing incidents.

Yes, that is the unfortunate position you are in, irrespective of what you do, people are always going to want more.

Reducing the risk of incidents means applying safety requirements, where appropriate, to existing pipeline infrastructure.

the truth, if we are honest about it, is that fossil fuel pipelines are disasters waiting to happen, plain and simple.

The only thing professional about the Taliban is them professionally being able to brutalize and torture people.

lessons learned without accountability--we have to have accountability.

In 2022, there were more than 280 significant or serious incidents and this year we have already had two fatalities as a result of pipeline incidents.