I'm committed to making sure that's the case.

So we're building consensus on how we're going to test this or what the standards are going to be, Ms. Quarterman?

I think Senator Blunt did a marvelous job of laying it out.

Our country is in the midst of an energy revolution, and North Dakota is at the heart of it.

Everyone should want safety to be a top priority.

I'm grateful to have Secretary Foxx at the helm, whom I believe is up to the task.

I think that raises issues of liquidity. I think that raises issues of price volatility.

I truly appreciate it.

We have to make the transportation of this material as safe as what is humanly possible on the rails. I don't think there's any doubt about it.

So we just want to make sure that we're laying down the understanding that these classifications are relevant and important and must be met.

I think technology is such that you could in fact inspect that track every time a train went over the track.

There's got to be a collaborative way.

DOT should set that example by leading the way.

Thank you, Chairman Whitfield. Mr. Chairman, I think pretty much everybody I talk to around here is familiar with the fact that North Dakota has 25,000 job openings with fewer than 10,000 people looking for work. It is not an accident. It…

I rise today to talk about the Iran sanctions legislation, but first I want to talk about the veterans legislation we are on, and why it is so important that we include the Iran sanctions provision. I believe we all want to make sure we…

Mr. Chairman, if I can ask, as you work through that, if you can make those reports available to us.

But we have absolutely got to engage the entire community, and in fact, the local government, which in this case is in many cases tribal government.

I want to know what you are seeing in the work that you do and your agency does in mental health, and what you think can be done to address some of those concerns.