I support it but I don't think we should displace coal with it.

I would love to burn more than, you know, that 30 million tons of coal we burn in North Dakota every year.

But in the most recent proposal, you actually do state that carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants are from CCS has not been implemented and that we believe there is insufficient information to make a determination.

Thank you, Ms. McCabe, for your testimony, for being with us during this long morning into the afternoon.

If building international and interstate pipelines was easy, we would have a lot more of them right now.

As you know, in order for this, if we had the carbon capture technology and if it was adequately demonstrated and it became commercially available and it was economically feasible to do it, and to meet the growing demand.

It is important that we do everything we can to make sure that you are able to operate as effectively as possible because I think the impact of your work is truly profound.

You don't just go back to the agency and say, 'Hey, you tell us kind of how life is.' You go beyond that?

Well, we will have to get you up to North Dakota. Then we can show you hydraulic fracturing.

Thanks, Madam Chairman.

So who do you typically hire? You know, just give me a bit of a profile.

Thanks both to you, Mr. Dodaro, and to you, Dr. Elmendorf, for being here and for the work that you do, GAO and CBO, two agencies that have tremendous impact on what is done here in the Congress.

Now you can't plagiarize somebody else's answer.

The country is producing a lot more energy thanks, in very large part, to the states like North Dakota; very positive for the country in terms of knowledge, job creation, economic growth, but having affordable energy and from a national…

I think there was a lack of engagement. In fact, Senator Hoeven along with Senator Landrieu, sent a letter in December of 2012 asking where that collaboration was.

We need to do this safely and we need a comprehensive approach.

Right after the Casselton derailment, I spoke with Senators Warner and Blunt to request that this committee hold a comprehensive hearing to examine rail safety.

Yes. I did say that the 1232s are still not adequate.