Elizabeth Esty: “Safety is paramount when it comes to producing and transporting energy across the United States.”

I am happy to welcome everyone here today as we enter the home stretch on the implementation of the Appeals Modernization Act.

I want to thank the under secretary and his team for staying.

I believe it is a model that for large-scale policymaking that other Committees--this Committee and other Committees--should look to duplicate.

I hope we can take the lessons that are being learned there and make sure that those are used every time with forward-going programs.