Niki Tsongas: “I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California who has taken such an interest in this very grave…”

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

The question for Congress is, in my view, how do we keep it that way and make it even better?

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.

I too, feel that we as a full body of Congress should have the opportunity to debate an authorization for use of military force.