"I just want to--Congresswoman Speier, I want to just identify with your comments."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"In recent years, there has been a large expansion known as gathering pipelines."
"I think the approach proposed by the administration makes a lot of sense."
"I certainly want to thank you and all the other very important people who have put together this hearing."
"I might seriously question on which side the majority falls when it comes to actually ensuring pipeline safety versus accommodating the interests of corporate entities."
"just yesterday this subcommittee green-lighted a bill that will short-circuit the review process and force the administration to hastily come to a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline by November 1."
"The minority leader's presence here today speaks to the importance of today's hearing on Chairman Whitfield's legislation to the good people of the great State of Kentucky."
"I hope and expect that we will be able to move this bill through this committee in a collegial and a bipartisan manner."
"This bill will direct the Secretary of Energy to re-enrich these tails and sell them at a profit for the government."
"This is an issue that there should be some bipartisanship on, that we can agree on, these nuclear matters."
"I want to see these uranium tails disposed of, and I want to see the American people gain something from the sale of them, if they are to be sold."