In 1938, the United States Congress enacted the Natural Gas Act to regulate the interstate transport of natural gas.

FERC must take a more holistic view of the pipeline infrastructure already serving particular regions in order to determine whether new infrastructure is truly needed.

Though, I appreciate the Commission's consideration of this specific concern, this does not match the sweeping reform FERC must implement to fix a bygone process.

It is a travesty.

For an independent regulatory agency to help a private party seize state lands to build a pipeline is as wrong as it is bizarre.

Last week, Chairmen Rush, Tonko, and I released the CLEAN Future Act, our bold climate plan to achieve a 100 percent clean economy.

The fact is FERC's process for siting and constructing interstate pipelines is not working--especially for landowners.

I want to thank our witnesses for their participation in today's hearing, and I look forward to identifying concrete solutions to these daunting problems.

According to the Fourth National Climate Assessment, the annual area burned in our nation's western states alone could increase two to six times the current areas by the middle of this century.

Good morning, today the Committee convenes for a joint subcommittee hearing to conduct oversight of an issue ravaging communities and plaguing the environment.

Fires often occur within the U.S. An average of 73,000 wildfires burn seven million acres of U.S. land each and every year.