Niki Tsongas: “States do not have the right to unilaterally set policy on these lands that belong to all Americans.”

I think we're grateful for the NTSB, who's bringing some clarity, some objective clarity to just why this happened and what steps should be taken to prevent it from happening again.

To put it simply, NEPA makes sure that we 'look before we leap,' and are using taxpayer dollars wisely.

This amendment really is a very modest investment in our Nation's workforce and, therefore, worthy of increased funding devoted to this purpose. We can't just be investing in energy technologies; we need to be investing in our people who…

Given the information that we have learned from the gas explosions that devastated the Merrimack Valley in September, it is now clear that this disaster was entirely preventable.