Jeff Denham

We will be following up with questions in writing, and we will be holding another safety hearing later this year.

I, as well, would like to thank the panel. As you saw, we went over time today.

We are expecting 10 years is what the industry is saying it is going to take to upgrade these tank cars.

Safety is the highest priority of this committee, and it is the number-one job and the number-one task of the Department of Transportation.

I have concerns about the administration's slow pace addressing the increased movement of crude-by-rail.

There is a lot of talk about bipartisanship in this body. Oftentimes, a bill will come to the floor, and you may hope that one party or the other might throw some votes your way or that you might get some last-minute votes. True…

If you are on the Northeast corridor and you have never ridden the rail before because you have a pet that you either have to leave at home or a pet that you are going to drive because of, you will now have the opportunity to ride on…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just want to touch on a few of the great things on this reform bill. Make no mistake, this will reform passenger rail as we know it today in many different areas. First of all, we expect…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Forty years ago today, the first flight carrying U.S. prisoners of war out of North Vietnam lifted off from Hanoi to take the first 40 U.S. servicemen to freedom. These men, some of whom had been held for 8 years…

This was a California problem, now it is a national problem.

I thank the gentlewoman from Arizona for yielding. It was a pleasure to travel to your southern border. I have traveled to the southern border of California many times. And as we saw on the entire border security trip, our entire southern…

Any time we can shout out PRRIA, we like to do so.

I would like to ask unanimous consent that Representative Sean Patrick Maloney be permitted to join the subcommittee for today's hearing.

He and I will have a great partnership in moving this subcommittee forward.

I look forward to working on all of these issues with each of the members of this committee.

I just want to make sure we are all singing the same tune, that we have a very safe industry.

America currently has 2.6 million miles of pipeline providing an extremely safe way to transport energy products. The Keystone pipeline will be the safest ever built, with 95 special mitigation measures, including nearly 60 recommended by…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as was duly noted, this bill is about jobs. This will create jobs, tens of thousands of American jobs, which are long overdue, to enhance our energy independence and strengthen our national…

As we continue to tackle the pressing need for VA health care reform, the last thing our veterans need is even more uncertainty with the many other benefits that have an equally important impact on their lives. H.R. 5404, the Department of…

It is a great honor today to introduce to the House our guest chaplain, Glen Berteau, of Modesto, from The House. Glen currently serves as senior pastor at The House in Modesto. A church of more than 8,000, his congregation was named as…

We would like to thank Rep. Jeff Denham for introducing H.R. 4198, the 'Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act.'

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

This is a very simple amendment. Again, it reads: ``None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of California or for the California High- Speed Rail Authority.'' As chair of the Subcommittee on…

If it is an area of farmland that has been historically farmed, but may have sat fallow for a year or two and now is required to do a permit, how long do you think it would take to do a permit?

Sometimes it goes into the crops, sometimes forming a pond or a puddle or a mudhole that now could be under this very same thing.