I think it gets to the real issue, How do we get to this last 10 percent?

Thank you for your leadership here, and I appreciate the panel being here today, too.

I think Senator Rockefeller has introduced a bill, which I believe you're a cosponsor of, which also points to another part of the take-rate problem.

I think that's what the public wants and I'd have to commend PHMSA for doing it, even though it's at the expense of the pipeline industry.

Do you know what the rule or law is with PHMSA in terms of when someone can leave the agency and go to work for a company that has business before the agency?

I think PHMSA is aggressive in their audits and in their enforcement practices.

Thank you for conducting this hearing today.

But, I've noticed that there are a lot of--seems like, in recent years--more private foundations and patient groups who are pushing very hard to get certain things through the approval process.

From a consumer's point of view, this is a massive mistake, but DOT has drunk the airline Kool Aid over the objections of Justice.

There is no doubt that this merger will affect Cleveland.

Have you heard or been party to any conversations at BP about the possibility that BP might have to declare bankruptcy as a result of this spill?

And how much money has BP spent so far in response to this?