I think that's a big problem throughout the United States.

we have talked about the need for more miles of pipelines to be inspected by smart pigs.

The releases have all been factual, they've all been practical.

It was like a bomb had struck.

I actually do believe that the utilities using this understand this.

We don't pretend to know all the answers. These seem to us to be the common sense answers.

I very much appreciate that. I'm chairing an Intelligence Committee hearing, and it's of some importance, and so, I doubly appreciate this courtesy.

I think the best way to approach this, really, is to listen to the NTSB.

I rise today to support the Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act. The bill before us utilizes both carrots and sticks. It ends certain egregious tax breaks that promote the movement of American jobs overseas, and provides a…

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All Californians as well as all Americans should feel confident that their communities are safe and that the State and Federal pipeline safety regulators are doing what is necessary to protect our citizens.

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I think it's also clear today that the CIA General Counsel's office made some mistakes, costly mistakes, by relying on questionable legal opinions from the Department of Justice.

We must do everything we can to protect this funding, which is essential to lifesaving research innovations.

On September 9, at 6:11 p.m., a natural gas pipeline in San Bruno, California, exploded.

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the use of contractors needs to continue to decrease substantially, and I intend to keep pushing on this point until contractors are not used for any inherently governmental purpose.