Elizabeth Warren

I mean, you could see much more information on the news than you could get from the company that was responsible both for the explosion and for the safety of every single resident in the region.

You committed to replacing over 50 miles of pipeline, replacing all in-home gas appliances, and providing temporary appliance heating and housing sources for residents.

The most important thing is not just that we find out what happens. The most important thing is that we make changes so that it doesn't happen again.

The NTSB reports reveal unambiguous failures by the company that you run that contributed to this tragedy.

So did you not take any input from the local fire chiefs on this when you put together your plan to buy 24,000 space heaters and distribute them?

People need heat and I understand this. We just had the coldest Thanksgiving in 80 years.

I'm concerned that these events culminating in the deadly explosion three months ago expose a corporate culture that isn't adequately focused on safety.

What happened in the Merrimack Valley is horrible, plain and simple.

We expect honest and thorough answers from the company.

Our constituents deserve answers from Columbia Gas and NiSource.

I'm not seeing a company that takes safety seriously and I'm not seeing people at the head of the company who take any personal accountability for the kind of tragedy that a culture that is not focused on safety causes to the public.

This industry has proven that safety is not its top priority.

We're here to say to everyone in the Merrimack Valley we will keep fighting for you.

I am not sure that I see much distinction between what you are doing now and the Fed was doing pre-2008, and I think that is deeply worrisome.

I do not want to split hairs with you. I am just asking a question. Are you still holding them to the guidance or not?

You know, these new technologies create these new opportunities, but if we are not careful, they can follow the same old patterns of they make the rich richer and they leave everybody else behind.

But they also at the same time could empower scammers and criminals, and the challenge here, I think, is for us to try to figure out how to nurture the productive uses of virtual currencies while protecting consumers from scammers and…

So virtual currencies are an interesting innovation that at least theoretically could provide benefits to consumers.

Putting American taxpayers at risk again and weakening capital standards by $121 billion at a time when the banks are making record profits is insane.

Now, that was a pretty sharp sign that there are problems with your proposal.

So for decades, banks refused to lend to low-income minority neighborhoods and in rural communities.

So, I--again, I'm glad to hear your enthusiasm, but I sure want us to concentrate on how we can scale this up and normalize it within the Department.

I think that makes a lot of sense.

Our readiness is only as good as our people. If we don't recruit and retain the best and offer the kind of career incentives for people to stay in public service, then we can't mount an effective cybersecurity defense or response.

I have seven of my colleagues who have joined me in this request.