Barbara Boxer

Don't you think this requires emergency orders, to immediately test and immediately talk to your partners in the state?

I again want to thank Senators Lautenberg and Wicker. I want to thank Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison, the Chair and Ranking Member.

Pipeline safety legislation introduced by Senator Feinstein and myself would have required automatic or remote controlled shutoff valves, wherever technically and economically feasible.

I think that's been strengthened now in the Senate.

I think they should do 100 percent. But 91 percent is a lot better than FAA does after the safety board tells them what to do.

Absolutely. I think that's a very good analogy, frankly.

Well, maybe that's why they sent you to this hearing.

Forty plus regs. Would you send me the proposed regs that you have that are related to this incident?

I would suggest you look at page 121. It's the clearest English.

Well, it's not that complicated, is it? It says, 'Incorporate a review of meaningful metrics, require auditors to verify the operator has a procedure in place for ensuring the completeness and accuracy'--this is plain English.

I want to thank you for the meticulous work by your team on the San Bruno investigation, and for the recommendations in your final report, all of which PG&E fully embraces.

It takes a lot of perseverance and a lot of people have to help us.

This could happen anywhere in America.

So you don't agree with the NTSB after they made that exhaustive investigation?

I just wanted to add my voice of thanks to Senators Lautenberg and Wicker, and the rest of the Committee.

Senator Feinstein and I introduced legislation to strengthen pipeline safety.

We want to spare that to everyone, and so we hope that this hearing will lead us in that direction.

Before you get there--what about in the rest of the country, any of the other explosions?

Thank you so much for your help in getting this out here today.

Look, what we're doing here is trying, all of us together, to make sure this never happens again, or anything close to this.

Your agency gave 100 percent rating to the CPUC.

PG&E applauds Senator Boxer, Senator Feinstein and Representative Speier for calling attention to the important role that ASVs can play in promoting pipeline safety.

We all serve the public--utilities serve the public, regulators serve the public, PG&E serves the public.

If we had that, it would've sensed the leak and we would've not seen this happen.

If you had these automatic shutoff valves, it would make all the difference in the world.