Please provide an update on whistleblower allegations concerning the Pharmacy Service at the Beckley VAMC

the reality in my state is far different than what the maps indicate.

I want to thank Senator Daines for his leadership on the pipeline issues.

It is important that we hold PHMSA to the highest standards.

It is our responsibility to keep our pipelines safe, grows in size and scope every year as our infrastructure ages.

We need to do more to address the unique challenges of river crossings.

In West Virginia, it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat; you just have to get something done.

You are working through the deadlines, you are working with the industry and making sure that we are doing everything we can to expedite this along?

Are you getting any pushback on that whatsoever? Are the states saying we still don't have the info we need in time enough to make sure that they have the proper equipment and people available in case, God forbid, something would happen?

I did not get the feeling they are moving in that direction.

have you put a working group together, working with the railroad executives and engineers and the people on the front line and all the people that are on the rails, trying to get input from them to try to better this or do the things that…

But if we are not moving toward a new technology, and our whole country depends on it, why would we not be using some of the easiest, latest, greatest advanced technologies for train traffic?

I require your agency, NHTSA, and others, NTSB, to take a hard look at the adequacy of Amtrak's family assistance plans

I was acutely aware of, you know, making sure that anything and everything that happens in the state of West Virginia and every other Governor in their state does so with the utmost concern about the safety of the citizens.

I was amazed to find out that we are still using technology that is 50, 80, 100 years old.

Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank my colleague for his speech. I will be echoing a lot of the same points that he has made. I think that it is a critical time. This is important. It is important for the young people around this…

We are hurting here. And when this regulation goes into effect, it is going to have an even more devastating effect on us directly.

We have the highest unemployment in our State right now, and it is directly attributable to a lot of things, natural gas, yes. But also to the regulatory environment, everything you see.