In my home State of New Hampshire, about 75 to 80 percent of our economy is generated by a small business owner.

Thank you very much, both of you, for what you are doing and for being here today.

Thank you very much, Senator Boxer and Senator Casey and Ranking Member DeMint for holding the hearing today.

This crisis presents one of the most complex challenges to European stability since the creation of the European Union.

In today's global economy, Europe is by far America's most important ally.

It is not an optimistic picture that you all paint, sadly.

I just want to follow up on that real quickly, Mr.

I think it's fair to say that everybody hates big change, and no one really likes a lot of regulation.

We are here today at this water and power subcommittee to examine the effects of shale gas development on the water resources of the eastern United States.

What would be in that brine that might make it harmful?

Thank you. I was--I had written it down. That 5,000 wells are--have currently, voluntarily posted on the Website the chemicals that they were using.

Now about 90 percent of it is being recycled.

So, should that be addressed through State regulation? Is it that we don't have adequate enforcement of current regulations?

For those people who aren't reporting and I certainly commend Apache for doing that, what's the impediment to that?

So not an easy delineation.

At this stage.

OK.

Casing and cementing are obviously key as we look at the potential for seepage into the water table.