Political Quotes

“We do have a pipeline safety bill that is coming up later in the session. So I would appreciate the opportunity to work with the chairman to try to address that. But I do want to remind him that these are very, very unique situations. You don't have many cases where you have a high-pressure gas line being put through a blast zone adjacent to residential homes. So this is a special danger, and it would require that special danger to exist before the State could take action. We are only asking for extra review. I would remind the Members that there was a tragic incident in 2010 in San Bruno, California, where 8 people were killed and 38 homes were destroyed during a Pacific Gas and Electric natural gas line pipe explosion. That is what I am trying to prevent. This is a rare situation. I realize you have got to build pipelines, but I think you ought to be able to do it without, as I have said before multiple times, putting a pipeline through a blast zone adjacent to residential homes. I think you can find another route that wouldn't go through that blast zone. It is the one quarry I have got in my district, and they chose to go right through it. I know the gentleman from Pennsylvania. I know the hard work he has put into this bill. I am just looking for some relief for people that I care about. I am very fearful of the consequences if this is allowed to continue. I yield back the balance of my time.”